Captain Jim`s Drunken Dream — текст песни (James Taylor)

Well you country fools in your one horse town you can laugh at me
but 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 nothin` but walk on by you say baby 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 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
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 this tree I`m under is shaped entirely wrong
I need to see a gentle palm tree and I won`t wait to 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