[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Guys named captain are always characters
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Livin' by the water somewhere in the Americas
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South or Central, or some Virigin Islands
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Barefoot and sun kissed, always smilin'
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Guys named captain aren't haters, they're lovers
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Livin' life large, largely undercover
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Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales
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Chasin' the sun, run aground full sail like
[Chorus]
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Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony
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A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies
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Floatin' on the breeze, the salt of the sea
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Ornery, tattoed, and laughin'
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Guys named captain
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[Verse 3]
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Casanovas and entrepreneurs
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Full of bravado, that's half the allure
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The wink of the eye, a shadowy past
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Lifelines from [?], smoke up your glass
[Chorus]
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Like Captain Blind, Captain Kid
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Mutiny on the bounty, loose cannons in the wind
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Buccaneers with nothing to fear
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He'll go down with the ship, last man standin'
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Guys named captain
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[Verse 4]
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Guys named captain have sons and daughters
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Flesh and blood, like my father
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Captain Vick who played the mandolin
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And when they're gone man you miss them
N.C.
Guys named captain
[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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Guys named captain
[Instrumental]
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