TO HELL AND BACK FOR CAPTAIN JACK

TO HELL AND BACK FOR CAPTAIN JACK her sails are set all hands on deck she's off by early light her hull it dances on the waves like lovers in the night she's on her way to nowhere it's a place she's been before no latitude or longitude no charts to show the course her cargo is a mystery her destination is unknown she's sailed by men who long ago in some way lost their souls her wooden hull will creek and bend till her sails they find a breeze with grit and spit she rides the sea with a crew of broken dreams Cause- to hell and back for Captain Jack be it devil or the deep no man or sea shall take their ship they'll fight and die to keep For captain jack old captain jack and the schooner Albatross - they'll brave the storms of unknown worlds no matter what the cost Cause- to hell and back for Captain Jack be it devil or the deep no man or sea shall take their ship they'll fight and die to keep they're beggars thieves and highwaymen no place to call their own they wear barnacles for britches with skin leathered to the bone summer heat or winter cold still they sing their sailors songs as they climb the ropes take down the sails through the worst of storms they tell their tales on bar room stools of maps and chests of gold or sing their songs and drink their rum until they pass out cold some nights they'll pay an ugly wench so they won't sleep alone but better men be hard to find who call this ship their home Cause- to hell and back for Captain Jack be it devil or the deep no man or sea shall take their ship they'll fight and die to keep For captain jack old captain jack and the schooner albatross - they'll brave the storms of unknown worlds no matter what the cost Cause- to hell and back for Captain Jack be it devil or the deep no man or sea shall take their ship they'll fight and die to keep by vjkelly (c)2015 (1-1400253851) FROM my song 'TO HELL AND BACK FOR CAPTAIN JACK'

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