Captain's Seat

A couple more days, a couple more nights
We’ll see fire before midnight
Could be East, could be West
Surely only God knows best

Well I left my home and went straight downtown
Tried to be good but I let Mama down
Cut my hair and I dug right in
Goin’ straight to hell if that’s a sin
I said row……brothers, row

Jordan’s banks are steep and wide and my
Boat’s run ragged against the tide
I don’t mind the smoke and the heat but it’s a
Big hot mess in the Captain’s seat

See I just did, boys, what I had to do
You don’t think too much if it’s them or you
I might meet my death by the setting sun but I
Just did boys, what had to be done

So if you see me down in hell
Tell all of them boys what I never did tell
Do you measure a man by how fast he runs,
Or by the doing of what has to be done?