Guys Named Captain

(album: Here And Now - 2020)

Guys named Captain are always characters
Living by the water somewhere in the Americas
South or Central, or some Virgin Island
Barefoot and sun-kissed, always smiling

Guys named Captain aren't haters, they're lovers
Living life large, but largely undercover
Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales
Chasing the sun, run aground or full sail like

Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony
A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies
Floating on the breeze, the salt of the sea
Ornery, tattooed, and laughing
Guys named Captain

Casanovas and entrepreneurs
Full of bravado, that's half the allure
The wink of the eye, a shadowy past
Laugh lines from blowing smoke up your glass

Like Captain Bligh, Captain Kidd
Mutiny on the Bounty, loose cannons in the wind
Buccaneers with nothing to fear
Who go down with the ship, last man standing
Guys named Captain

Guys named Captain have sons and daughters
Flesh and blood, like my father
Captain Vick, who played the mandolin
And when they're gone, man, you miss them
Guys named Captain

Guys named Captain