Captain Jim's Drunken Dream Lyrics - In The Pocket - 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