Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Captain Jim's Drunken Dream , by - James Taylor. Song from the album In the Pocket, in the genre Release date: 01.05.1976
Record label: Warner
Song language: English
Captain Jim's Drunken Dream |
| Now you country fools in your one horse town you can laugh at me |
| It’s plain as rain that you’ve never been down to the Southern sea |
| To see me now is like watching a fish on dry land |
| I only wish you could see me down in the islands |
| Mister, that’s my home |
| What a fool I was to leave the only happiness I’ve known |
| You see me coming, you wink your eye and call me Captain Jim |
| And when I don’t do nothing but to walk on by |
| You say babe, get a load of him |
| All I need is the sea and the sky and I know where I stand |
| Instead of you hicks straight out of the sticks deciding I ain’t a man |
| You’ll never understand |
| Up here I’m just a whisky bum but down there I’m a king |
| Sounds just like the angels up in heaven when they sing |
| Welcome home, welcome home |
| (Let me hear it) Such a sight to see |
| Instead of some Salvation Army sister |
| Singing «Nearer My God To Thee» |
| Now I know that Yankee whisky has taken away my mind |
| And I know that rum is the only drink suitable to mankind |
| And I know that this tree I’m under is shaped entirely wrong |
| I need to see a gentle palm tree and I won’t wait too long |
| I can feel that it’s coming on strong |
| The first cold wind of winter is flapping in my clothes |
| Showing me the way with the direction that it blows |
| Welcome home, welcome home |
| Let it blow, welcome home |
| Welcome home, welcome home |
| It’s such a sight to see |
| Instead of some Salvation Army sister |
| Singing «Nearer My God To Thee» |
| Let me hear it oh yeah |
| Welcome home, welcome home |
| Welcome home mmh yeah |
| Welcome home, welcome home |