Captain Jack (Live, July 5, 1980 Philadelphia PA) Lyrics by Billy Joel
Songs In the Attic
1981
[Verse 1] Saturday night and you're still hanging around Tired of living in your one horse town You'd like to find a little hole in the ground For a while Mmm mmm mmm [Verse 2] So you go to the Village in your tie-dye jeans And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens It's like some pornographic magazine And you smile Ohh whoa whoa [Chorus] 'Cause Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your special island Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push, and you'll be smiling Ohh, ho ho [Verse 3] Your sister's gone out, she's on a date And you just sit at home and masturbate Phone is gonna ring soon, but you just can't wait For that call Ohh whoa whoa [Verse 4] So you stand on the corner in your New English clothes And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes Awww, but still your fingers gonna pick your nose After all Ohh whoa whoa [Chorus] And Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your special island Ahh, Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push, and you'll be smiling Ohh, ho ho Ohh, yeah yeah [Verse 5] So you decide to take a holiday You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet Ahh, there ain't no place to go anyway And hat for? Ohh whoa whoa [Verse 6] And you got everything, aww, but nothing's cool They just found your father in the swimming pool And you guess you won't be going back to school Anymore Ohh whoa whoa [Chorus] But Captain Jack can get you high tonight And take you to your special island On Captain Jack you can rely tonight Just a little push, and you'll be smiling Ohh whoa whoa whoa Ohh, yeah yeah [Verse 7] So you play your albums, and you smoke your pot And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot Ohh, but still you're aching for the things you have not got What went wrong? Ohh whoa whoa [Verse 8] And if you can't understand why your world is so dead Why you've got to keep in style and feed your head Well you're 21 and still your mother makes your bed And that's too long Ohh whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa yeahhhhhhh [Chorus] Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your special island Oh, Captain Jack will get you by tonight Just a little push, and you'll be smiling [Outro] Well now, Captain Jack will get you high tonight And take you to your special island Ohh, Captain Jack could make you die tonight Just a little push, and you’ll be smiling Ohh ohhohh Ohh ohh ohhh
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