David Massengill
Suzanne Vega
Richard Shindell
Jack Williams (Singer)
Christine Lavin
Richard Julian
Red Molly
Nels Andrews
Paul Sachs
Frank Christian
Erik Frandsen
Jonathan Byrd
Jack Hardy
Rod MacDonald
Lucy Kaplansky
Anthony da Costa
Terre Roche
John Gorka
Ronny Cox
Brian Rose
Andrew Rose Gregory
Diana Jones
Frank Tedesso
Kate MacLeod
Nanci Griffith
Jack Hardy
[Verse 1]
Oh captain, my captain
Oh, who is my captain?
Can there be that nobody's at the helm?
Can they dare call it reason
In the growing treason
When the king has somehow abdicated the realm?
[Chorus]
Will they fall from the sky in the black of the night?
Will they crawl through the jungle at dawn?
Will they put in in the west down at Puntarenas
Or in the east at Porto Limon?
[Verse 2]
I signed on in my youth
Thinking there was but one truth
That this mission was sent for a merciful good
But when the port came in view
Came a far darker hidden truth
That the cargo of business was understood
[Chorus]
Will they fall from the sky in the black of the night?
Will they crawl through the jungle at dawn?
Will they put in in the west down at Puntarenas
Or in the east at Porto Limon?
[Verse 3]
Or they'll come through the banks
And the right-wing think tanks
Multinational only means the people they cry
In the face of the reaper
You know the people work cheaper
Keep a tight grip and squeeze all the freedom dry
[Chorus]
Will they fall from the sky in the black of the night?
Will they crawl through the jungle at dawn?
Will they put in in the west down at Puntarenas
Or in the east at Porto Limon?
[Verse 4]
Oh captain, my captain
Oh, who is my captain?
Can it be that nobody here is my friend?
For this history lesson
We will pay in aggression
That in business the means justify the end
[Chorus]
Will they fall from the sky in the black of the night?
Will they crawl through the jungle at dawn?
Will they put in in the west down at Puntarenas
Or in the east at Porto Limon?
[Outro]
Oh captain, my captain
Oh, who is my captain?
Oh captain, my captain
Oh, who is my captain?
Can it be there's nobody at the helm?
Porto Limon was written by Jack Hardy.
Porto Limon was produced by Mark Dann & David Massengill.