Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
The second track on Nyro’s 1969 “New York Tendaberry” that refers to a titular “Captain,” the other being “Captain for Dark Mornings.”
This piece is enigmatic and ambiguous as most of Nyro’s work from this period. Its cheerful tone and vivid lyrics paint a picture of an impoverished girl’s exciting...
Mama mama
You're a whiz and a scholar too
Mama open up the room lock
Sip sip
I'm going to the moon dock
He gives to me
Buckles off shingles
Off a cockleshell on Norway basin
Coke and tuna
Boots and roses from Russia
Now I'll live and die and rise with my captain
Mama say go
Meet me captain saint Lucifer
Darlin' I'll be there
Don't you know
Meet me captain saint Lucifer
Darlin' I'll be there
Don't you know
Now don't you know I love you
Meet me captain saint Lucifer
La la la la la la la la
Ooh I love you
Love you, I do
Aaaah
Mama mama you're a whiz and a scholar too
Mama I'm an anchor in your glow now
Sip sip even as I go now
He gives to me
Buckles off shingles
And a jangle from a Congo love chase
Early bloomers made of earth and love lace
Now I'll live and die and rise
With my captain
Mama be happy
Meet me captain saint Lucifer
Darlin' I'll be there, don't you know
Meet me captain saint Lucifer
Darlin' I'll be there, don't you know
Gutters in stacks is where I come from
Buckles off a poverty drum
Oh my love, trumpet soul
Tell Gabriel
To tell the captain
Thank you baby
You're my baby now