Words David Crosby; Lyrics Craig Doerge
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copyright 1977 Staysail Music, BMI/Fair Star Music, Inc., ASCAP.
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Oh, captain, what are we hiding from?
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You've been hiding from the start.
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Did some lover steal your heart,
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Or did the full moon make you mad?
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Oh, captain, why these speechless seas
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That never come to land?
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Oh I need to understand.
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Could a little light be that bad?
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I can see your hands are roughened
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By the wheel and the rope.
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I'd like to look to you for hope,
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I think it's hiding there.
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This boat is blacked out like a city
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Awaiting bombers in the night.
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Oh you hold your helm so tight,
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And yet the sky seems so fair.
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Who guides this ship
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Dreaming through the seas
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Turning and searching,
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Whichever way you please?
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Speak to me, I need to see your face,
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Shadowy captain, in a darkened space.
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If I were to spy a city
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Floating just above the sea,
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Could we stop
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And look for me
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Among those playing on the pier?
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Or would you turn away knowing,
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It was still a ways away,
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And if I was there today
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you could not see me all that clear.
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Shadowy captain of a charcoal ship,
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Trying to give the light the slip.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash - Vocals
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Stephen Stills - Electric and Slide Guitar
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Craig Doerge - Acoustic and Electric Piano
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Russ Kunkel - Drums, Congas
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George Perry - Bass
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Joe Vitale - Organ, Flute
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Shadow Captain
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |