Neil Young - Captain Kennedy lyrics

I am a young mariner headed to war
I'm thinking about 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 failing but he
Still ran a run
He worked till 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
Passing 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 thinking about 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