Danny

Danny flew his stars and stripes
He had a wife and baby
Bounced 'em on his knee each night
Till he took off with the Navy

Jesus was a sailor once
Sailed on Galilee
If he went to work today
He'd have to sail the seven seas

Danny took his fishing boat
A hundred miles away
To the waters no one knows
To the land of wind and waves

All along the seacoast towns
Along the narrow land
They heard a storm was coming down
Two parts water, one part sand

The wind it drove the sea so blue
It opened like a jaw
Came down in a salty smile
And ate up all it saw

Fifteen feet the ocean rose
Fifteen feet it fell
When that boat began to move
It must have seemed like hell

Danny flew his stars and stripes
He had a wife and baby
Saw them in the sea that night
When he went down with the Navy