Swim Out To The Jetty

There's a blanket soaked with rum down there

In the bottom of the boat

And a tree five hundred yards away

Wears initials that I wrote

And that island right there to the north

Is where I camped when I was young

J.D., Moose, and Hans, and me

Fireworks and guns

And I swim out to the jetty in the middle of the night

And I scream on top of those big black rocks

As the sky bursts into light

So hoist the sails of sunken ships

And play that dead man's card

I live here in this great Cape Fear

In the honor of the guard

Well, the winds blow off the water

As I ease back in my chair

My beer tastes cold as the clouds unfold

And the rain fills up this air

Yeah, for centuries my families

Have fished and worked this land

And they make me whole

Their bone and soul in every grain of sand

And I swim out to the jetty in the middle of the night

Two hundred years of conquered fears

To make me watertight

So I hoist the sails of dead men's ships

And toast to lives too hard

'Cause I live here in this great Cape Fear

In the honor of the guard

Well, this town, it's growing way too fast

There's more here everyday

New Hollywood, Las Vegas,

Or at least that's what they say

And the traffic's getting stupid

And the trees all get cut down

And me? I pray for hurricanes

So developers will drown

And I swim out to the jetty in the middle of the night

And one day that riptide's gonna fill my lungs

It's gonna pull me out of sight

And I'll hoist the sails of Blackbeard's ships

I'll set course by phosphorous stars

I live and die right here in this great Cape Fear

In the honor of the guard