Guys Named Captain

[Verse 1]

Guys named Captain are always characters

Livin' by the water somewhere in the Americas

South or Central, or some Virgin Island

Barefoot and sun-kissed, always smilin'

[Verse 2]

Guys named Captain aren't haters, they're lovers

Livin' life large, but largely undercover

Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales

Chasin' the sun, run aground or full sail like

[Chorus]

Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony

A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies

Floatin' on the breeze, the salt of the sea

Ornery, tattooed, and laughin'

Guys named Captain

[Verse 3]

Casanovas and entrepreneurs

Full of bravado, that's half the allure

The wink of the eye, a shadowy past

Laugh lines from blowin' smoke up your glass

[Chorus]

Like Captain Blind, Captain Kid

Mutiny on the Bounty, loose cannons in the wind

Buccaneers with nothing to fear

He'll go down with the ship, last man standin'

Guys named Captain

[Chorus]

Guys named Captain have sons and daughters

Flesh and blood, like my father

Captain Vick, who played the mandolin

And when they're gone, man, you miss them

Guys named Captain

[Outro]

Guys named Captain