Where’s the Captain’s Song?
June 30, 2009 by Francois
There’s a song in the Captain’s purse
I just gotta find it
before she snatches my hands away
I just gotta find it
There’s a wind in the Captain’s purse
I just gotta find it
before she orders my hands to shore
I just gotta find it
There’s a smile in the Captain’s sway
I just gotta find it
before she makes me walk the board
I just gotta find it
on the planks, in the galleys, you’ll know
you’ll find her yes
The Captain, she’ll sail your eyes to shore.
copyright 2009 © F.K. Needles — all rights reserved
This is a selection from the collection of poetry “Beer Songs for the Lonely” published by New Belleville Press and available in beautifully bound paper-back. You can buy it here on this website, or you can go to Alibris.com, Authorsbookshop.com, Book People in Austin, Texas, or Sonny’s Vintage also in Austin, Texas.







[...] I had brought two copies of “Beer Songs for the Lonely” to give to Dillon & Lee as gifts, and Dillon asked me if I wanted to read a poem or two on the air. Why not? I read Sunday Morning in Paris & Where’s the Captain’s Song. [...]