Men I've Known And Killed

I've been roaming all my life and now I've found a lady wife

I'm staying, right here

Oh, I won't go sailing anymore I won't obey the ocean's call

I'm staying, right here

I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be

I won't be any captain's mate

I won't be servant of the seas

'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need

At 14, I was cabin boy to fearsome Captain Buckleroy

I'm staying, right here

When I was sick he ordered cat 'o nine, until I said that I felt fine

I'm staying, right here

I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be

I won't be any captain's mate

I won't be servant of the seas

'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need

At 20, I manned our crow's nest and captain said I was the best

I'm staying right here

But I nearly lost my eyes to God just looking out for old Cape Cod

I'm staying right here

I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be

I won't be any captain's mate

I won't be servant of the seas

'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need

At 25, no man alive could match my skill for gunning

I'm staying right here

But the captain he got drunk one night and sank the blasted cannon

I'm staying right here

I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be

I won't be any captain's mate

I won't be servant of the seas

'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need

Captain died at 28, and by then I was his first mate

I'm staying, right here

Oh, they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land

I'm staying, right here

I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be