Captain Jack Hide there under your hat and sweat last night’s whiskey on your collar Live there at the edge of the rounded mahogany corner mumbling “another” with your eyes down paying with white dusted dollar bills no expression on your face but you wince as you feel your shame on mine
The only names you remember are Jack and Johnny and you’re not even sure anymore which one is yours
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I’ll call you Captain Jack and leave you anonymous. As I found you, out tonight out to forget the man you almost were.
Another day you hoped to never see, fuck, fight back out of the dream, the lies, the cheats, the love you steal, the wheel spins round the reel. Like a home movie, but behind closed eyes awake, asleep, the dream remains. No pause no stops just start again
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Alex Greenwald verse Don’t call me captain, even if i am sinking with this ship there is a part of me that wants to take you down with it if you insist i’m at the helm, then I insist I tell you this “women and children first. get out before we’re all finished!”