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Captain Jack

7:18soft rock Album Piano Man (Legacy Edition) 1973-11-07

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Description

Guitar: Larry Carlton

Lyricist, Keyboards, Associated Performer, Composer: Billy Joel

Accordion, Arranger: Michael Omartian

Guitar: Richard Bennett

Guitar: Dean Parks

Drums: Rhys Clark

Banjo: Eric Weisberg

Banjo: Fred Heilbrun

Fiddle: Billy Armstrong

Background Vocal: The Creamers

Background Vocal: Susan Steward & Co.

Producer: Michael Stewart

Engineer: Ron Malo

Lyrics and translation

Original

Saturday night and you're still hangin' around

Tired of living in your one horse town

You'd like to find a little hole in the ground

For a while, hmm

So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans

And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens

It's like some pornographic magazine

And you smile, hmm

Captain Jack will get you high tonight

And take you to your special island

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

Just a little push, and you'll be smilin'

Oh, yeah

Your sister's gone out, she's on a date

And you just sit at home and masturbate

Your phone is gonna ring soon

But you just can't wait for that call, hmm

So you stand on the corner in your New English clothes

And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes

Oh, but still your fingers gonna pick your nose after all, hmm

But Captain Jack will get you high tonight

And take you to your special island

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

Just a little push, and you'll be smilin', oh

Oh, yeah-yeah

So you decide to take a holiday

You got your tape deck and your brand-new Chevrolet

Ah, there ain't no place to go anyway

What for? Hmm

So you got everything, ah, but nothing's cool

They just found your father in the swimming pool

And you guess you won't be going back to school anymore

But Captain Jack will get you high tonight

And take you to your special island

Oh, Captain Jack will get you by tonight

Just a little push and you'll be smilin', oh yeah

So you play your albums, and you smoke your pot

And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot

Oh, but still you're aching for the things you haven't got

What went wrong? Hmm

And if you can't understand why your world is so dead

Why you've got to keep in style and feed your head

Well, you're 21 and still your mother makes your bed

And that's too long, whoa, yeah-yeah

But Captain Jack will get you high tonight

And take you to your special island

Well, now Captain Jack will get you by tonight

Just a little push and you'll be smilin'

Oh, Captain Jack will get you high tonight

And take you to your special island

Well, now Captain Jack will make you to high tonight

Just a little push and you'll be smilin'

Yeah, Captain Jack will get you high tonight

And take you to your special island

Captain Jack will get you by tonight

Well, now Captain Jack will make you to high tonight

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