More songs by Billy Joel
Description
Guitar: Al Hertzberg
Lyricist, Composer, Associated Performer, Piano: Billy Joel
Bass: Larry "La Rue" Russell
Drums: Rhys Clark
Producer: Dennis Wilen
Engineer: Brian Ruggles
Mixing Engineer: Frank Filipetti
Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen
Lyrics and translation
Original
Saturday night and you're still hanging around.
You're tired of living in your one-horse town.
You'd like to find a little hole in the ground for a while.
Mm-hmm.
So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans, and you stare at the junkies and the closet queens.
It's like some pornographic magazine, and you smile.
Mm-hmm.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
Captain Jack will get you by tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
La, la, la, la.
Ooh.
Your sister's gone out.
She's on a date.
And you just sit at home and masturbate.
Your phone is gonna ring soon, but you just can't wait for that call.
Mm-hmm.
So you stand on the corner in your New English clothes.
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes.
Oh, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose after all.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
Captain Jack can get you by tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la.
So you decide to take a holiday.
You got your tape deck and your brand-new Chevrolet.
Oh, but there ain't no place to go anyway except Philadelphia.
What for?
Mm-hmm.
So you got everything, oh, but nothing's cool.
They just found your father in the swimming pool.
And you guess you won't be going back to school anymore.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
But Captain Jack can get you high tonight, take you to your special island.
Captain Jack can make you fly tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
La, la, la, la.
So you play your albums, and you smoke your pot.
Then you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot.
Oh, but still you're aching for the things you haven't got.
What went wrong?
Mm-hmm.
And if you can't understand why your world is so dead, and why you've gotta keep in style and feed your head.
Well, you're twenty-one, and still your mother makes your bed, and that's too long.
Whoa, whoa, yeah.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
I said Captain Jack will get you by tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
Well now, Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
Oh, Captain Jack could make you tight tonight.
But just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
Thank you.
Woo!
English translation
Saturday night and you're still hanging around.
You're tired of living in your one-horse town.
You'd like to find a little hole in the ground for a while.
Mm-hmm.
So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans, and you stare at the junkies and the closet queens.
It's like some pornographic magazine, and you smile.
Mm-hmm.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
Captain Jack will get you by tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
La, la, la, la.
Ooh.
Your sister's gone out.
She's on a date.
And you just sit at home and masturbate.
Your phone is gonna ring soon, but you just can't wait for that call.
Mm-hmm.
So you stand on the corner in your New English clothes.
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes.
Oh, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose after all.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
Captain Jack can get you by tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la.
So you decide to take a holiday.
You got your tape deck and your brand-new Chevrolet.
Oh, but there ain't no place to go anyway except Philadelphia.
What for?
Mm-hmm.
So you got everything, oh, but nothing's cool.
They just found your father in the swimming pool.
And you guess you won't be going back to school anymore.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
But Captain Jack can get you high tonight, take you to your special island.
Captain Jack can make you fly tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
La, la, la, la.
So you play your albums, and you smoke your pot.
Then you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot.
Oh, but still you're aching for the things you haven't got.
What went wrong?
Mm-hmm.
And if you can't understand why your world is so dead, and why you've gotta keep in style and feed your head.
Well, you're twenty-one, and still your mother makes your bed, and that's too long.
Whoa, whoa, yeah.
But Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
I said Captain Jack will get you by tonight.
Just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
Well now, Captain Jack will get you high tonight, and take you to your special island.
Oh, Captain Jack could make you tight tonight.
But just a little push, and you'll be smiling.
Thank you.
Woo!