Told my captain
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My hands were cold.
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God damn your hands, boy,
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Let the wheelin' roll!
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Told my captain
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My feet were cold.
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God damn your feet, boy,
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Let the wheelin' roll!
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Captain, captain
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You must be blin'
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Look at your watch
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It's past quittin' time.
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Captain, captain
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How can it be,
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Whistle done blow
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You still workin' me?
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Asked my captain
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To give me my time
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Dam' old captain
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Wouldn't pay me no mind.
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If I'd-a had my
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Weight in lime
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Would've whupped that captain
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Till he went stone blind.
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Raised my hand
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To wipe the sweat from my head
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Damned old captain
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Shot my buddy dead.
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If you don't believe
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That my buddy's dead
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Just look at the hole
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In my buddy's head.
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Captain walkin' up and down
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Buddy's lyin' on the burning ground.
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Buzzards circling 'round the sky
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Buzzards sure know
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Captain's gonna die.
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Told My Captain
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| Joan Baez |
