The Story
Wrote this one with Radney Foster and he agreed to sing it with me. John Cunningham was working on the film "Occupational Hazard" and I told Radney about it. He said "Let's write a song about Jimmy!"
Lyrics
JUST A BOY FROM MOBILE TRAVELING THE WORLD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE A PIRATE A PICKER AND A POET, A ROGUE, COUNTERFEIT COWBOY AND A SEAPLANE PILOT EVERYBODY’S BUDDY, BUT DIFFERENT FROM THE REST SURROUNDED YOURSELF WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST STEEL DRUMS, THAT SIGNATURE HARMONICA AND PEDAL STEEL THAT SWEPT US AWAY TALL TALES OUR TEMPORARY TICKET TO ADVENTURES IN SOME FAR AWAY PLACE OH CAPTAIN OUR CAPTAIN WHERE HAVE YOU GONE WE MISS THOSE MAGIC VOYAGES THAT YOU TOOK US ON WITH YOUR MERRY BAND OF BROTHERS SIX STRINGS AND A SONG A NEW ORLEANS BUSKER TURNED RENAISSANCE MAN YOU MADE US ALL WANNA BE A BEACH BUM YOU SAID HEY SLOW DOWN AND GAVE US THE KEY SHOWED US HOW TO ESCAPE WHERE WE CAME FROM WITH THAT RAG TAG CAST OF REEFERS BACKING YOU EVERY NIGHT YOU PUT THE WIND IN OUR SAILS AND BROUGHT YOUR STORIES TO LIFE CHORUS OH CAPTAIN OUR CAPTAIN WE’RE MISSING YOU NOW WE’LL REMEMBER YOU WHEN EVER WE HEAR THE SOUND CHORUS