Captain Courageous Looking outrageous in his finery Fingers his shotgun Knowing the outcome isn't binary Death cannot daunt him Ghosts cannot haunt him Nobody wants him, because he's... Captain Courageous Isn't contagious but he's quarantined Set him in aspic Now that the politics are Florentine Blows cannot strike him Soundmen don't mic him Nobody's like him, because he's Captain Courageous, he'll never age But we can't turn the page on Captain Courageous Captain Courageous Doesn't engage us as he struts the stage Captain Colossal He's just the fossil of a bygone age Death don't await him Critics don't rate him Nobody hates him, because he's Captain Courageous, he'll never age But we can't turn the page on Captain Courageous He was once all the rage Now he stands like a statue with one arm in the air And it's Queens and it's Brooklyn and his armies are there And as he salutes, a bird messes the nest of his hair Poor Captain! His leather's imperial; disease's venereal Death cannot daunt him Ghosts cannot haunt him Nobody wants him, because he's Captain Courageous, he'll never age But we can't turn the page on Captain Courageous, he'll never age