Lyrics for Captain Jack as interpreted by kevin

Captain Jack Lyrics
Saturday night and you're still hangin' around
You're tired of livin' in your one horse town
You'd like to find a little hole in the ground for a while

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

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 'n' you'll be smilin'
Oh yeah, 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

So you stand on the corner in your new English clothes
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes
But still your fingers gonna pick your nose, after all

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 'n' you'll be smilin'
Oh yeah, yeah

So you decide to take a holiday
You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet
Ah, but there's no place to go anyway and what for
You've got everything, but nothin'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
Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin'
La da, da
Oh yeah, 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

And if you can't understand why your world is so dead
And why you've got to keep in style and feed your head
Well, you're twenty one and still you mother makes your bed
And that's too long

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 'n' you'll be smilin'
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight

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sonic15k
03-22-2002

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Captain Jack is heroin right? Phat lyrics on this song.

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Ferthuko
04-10-2002

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Captain Jack is Jack Daniels.

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turtonhot
04-30-2002

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i think captain jack is either cocaine or heroin. the song seems to tell the tale of a young boy who seems to have everything....except, he doesn't.

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HEWM
05-01-2002

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How do you get Captain Jack to be heroin or coke? I never heard it refered to that way. Jack Daniels I can see - but not sure.

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mydarkesthour
05-18-2002

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Jack Daniels doesn't get you high, drugs do, thats how you see captaion jack as a drug rather than booze

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freddysgirl
05-29-2002

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it's rhyming slang, captain jack = crack

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eldermcguigan
08-06-2002

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i always thought it was about masturbation


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leaneys
08-19-2002

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I definitely think it's a heroin reference - "Just a little push and you'll be smilin'" i.e. pushing on a needle. I agree with freedysgirl, it's rhyming slang but maybe smack instead of crack?...Either way GREAT SONG.

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JoshF
03-16-2003

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It's about escapism: Alchohol, Drugs, Masturbation, and basically putting on a show for society, because they expect you to be different, greater then them, when in fact the difference is only cosmetic.

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eaglesfan81
03-22-2003

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Captain Jack is Marajuana, weed, pot, whatever you want to call it. And if you've seen the broadway show Movin Out, well than, you know what I mean.

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Sucker4Johnny
04-22-2003

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its deffinently about drugs....my guess is that its about weed. that doesnt matter much. this song is awesome and i can never get bored with it

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Vozzy
05-06-2003

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Sounds to me like this is an adolescent boy, about 15 or 16, his older sister is out and he's got nothing to do but get high on pot, jerk off and drink. Meanwhile he's dissatisfied with the boring suburban life he's grown up in.

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jcarter
06-05-2004

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He's 21... "twenty-one and still your mother makes your bed".

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DJacques75
10-06-2004

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They didn't have crack in 1973, so it must be heroin.

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Raw134
10-21-2004

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YAA BILLY JOEL WHAT A GUN!

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lilika190989
11-22-2004

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jack sparrow!

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pincho82
12-31-2004

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its heroin - In the song Jumpin Jack Flash by the rolling stones, a poster stated that Jack Flash is slang for heroin. Captain Jack cannot mean pot or masturbation, since there are other lyrics in the song referring to them. Crack did not exist in 1973 - heroin was the drug of choice then - "Just a little push 'n' you'll be smilin"

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jmoods
02-01-2005

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its definatly about escapism. a guy whos 21, and his life is going nowhere, and he uses drugs and drinking and masterbation to get away from it all. 'captain jack' could be jack daniels or heroin, they both work.

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krock
02-17-2005

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i think there is really no question on waht it's about
it's just so depressing and good i love it

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i.play.piano
04-04-2005

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i agree completely with jmoods. its about escaping reality. It really has nothing to do with what type of drug it is or if it's really a drug at all...whatever it is it takes him away (to his "special island") it makes him just for a moment feel like his life isn't a bunch of crap. I think it's excellent lyrics and musical writing on billy joels part and a great great song.

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red_red_red
04-09-2005

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it's about heroin. you "push" a needle into your skin. you don't "push" marijuana. and alchohol doesn't make you high.

i love love love this song. billy joel never fails to stand out from the crowd and write thought-provoking lyrics that are controversial, but so musically advanced that anyone can enjoy them despite the subject matter.

once billy joel was playing a concert at a smaller venue somewhere in the midwest, and the owner of the venue asked him not to sing this song, for fear of offending people. billy joel responded by opening with it, singing it again in the middle of the show, and closing with it, too. what a rebel! i adore him.

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stoolhardy
06-14-2005

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This song has some funny parts to it even though it's about a college-age loser. I always thought that Captain Jack was a liquor of some sort, a name he used to avoid using an actual brand name in a song. The name sounds like a blend of Captain Morgan and Jack Daniels. But heroin does make more sense here, since you don't usually get smiling as a direct result of drinking if you feel crappy. But anyway the "still gonna pick your nose," "you're 21 and your mother still makes your bed" and other lines are pathetic but funny - just sing it, you'll see.

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JMasterDean
06-21-2005

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I can tell you you are all wrong. Joel said that Captain Jack was the name of the drug dealer that lived on his block when he was a kid.

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jackrabbit37
07-30-2005

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come on people, alcohol DOES make you high, what do you think the buzz is

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trapperjohn
08-06-2005

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This song is just everday life for an average American teenager (14-19). That's what most teenagers do when they are home alone. So that's how I took it. Just as an observation.

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