Released: April 17, 2020
Songwriter: James T. Slater
Producer: Kenny Chesney Ross Copperman
[Verse 1]
Guys named Captain are always characters
Livin' by the water somewhere in the Americas
South or Central, or some Virgin Island
Barefoot and sun-kissed, always smilin'
[Verse 2]
Guys named Captain aren't haters, they're lovers
Livin' life large, but largely undercover
Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales
Chasin' the sun, run aground or full sail like
[Chorus]
Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony
A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies
Floatin' on the breeze, the salt of the sea
Ornery, tattooed, and laughin'
Guys named Captain
[Verse 3]
Casanovas and entrepreneurs
Full of bravado, that's half the allure
The wink of the eye, a shadowy past
Laugh lines from blowin' smoke up your glass
[Chorus]
Like Captain Blind, Captain Kid
Mutiny on the Bounty, loose cannons in the wind
Buccaneers with nothing to fear
He'll go down with the ship, last man standin'
Guys named Captain
[Chorus]
Guys named Captain have sons and daughters
Flesh and blood, like my father
Captain Vick, who played the mandolin
And when they're gone, man, you miss them
Guys named Captain
[Outro]
Guys named Captain
Guys named Captain are always characters
Livin' by the water somewhere in the Americas
South or Central, or some Virgin Island
Barefoot and sun-kissed, always smilin'
[Verse 2]
Guys named Captain aren't haters, they're lovers
Livin' life large, but largely undercover
Dive bars and cocktails, waitresses and tall tales
Chasin' the sun, run aground or full sail like
[Chorus]
Captain Outrageous and Captain Tony
A painter and a sailor, old Key West cronies
Floatin' on the breeze, the salt of the sea
Ornery, tattooed, and laughin'
Guys named Captain
[Verse 3]
Casanovas and entrepreneurs
Full of bravado, that's half the allure
The wink of the eye, a shadowy past
Laugh lines from blowin' smoke up your glass
[Chorus]
Like Captain Blind, Captain Kid
Mutiny on the Bounty, loose cannons in the wind
Buccaneers with nothing to fear
He'll go down with the ship, last man standin'
Guys named Captain
[Chorus]
Guys named Captain have sons and daughters
Flesh and blood, like my father
Captain Vick, who played the mandolin
And when they're gone, man, you miss them
Guys named Captain
[Outro]
Guys named Captain
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Here and Now (2020)
- Here And Now (Deluxe) (2021)
Kenny Chesney popular songs
- Get Along
- Better Boat
- American Kids
- Anything But Mine
- Wild Child
- Setting the World on Fire
- When the Sun Goes Down
- Come Over
- All the Pretty Girls
- The Good Stuff
- Tip of My Tongue
- You and Tequila
- Don’t Blink
- Somewhere With You
- I Go Back
- There Goes My Life
- The Boys of Fall
- She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
- Summertime
- Pirate Flag
- Here and Now
- Save It For A Rainy Day
- Ends of the Earth
- Knowing You