I am a young mariner headed to war   I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for   There's water on the wood and the sails feel good   And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.      My father was a sailor named captain kennedy   He lost his wooden schooner to the germans on the sea   Exploded on the water for everyone to see   And humiliate that american captain kennedy.      I saw him in nassau in 1971   His strength was failin' but he still ran a run   He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone   To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own.      He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron   That steel hull freighter was passin' it's time   And time flew by faster with life on the sea   And the days grew shorter for captain kennedy.      I am a young mariner headed to war   I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for   There's water on the wood and the sails feel good   And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.