Saturday night and you're still hangin' around
You're tired of livin' in your one horse town
You'd like to find a little hole in the ground for a while


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 !@$^ographic magazine, and you smile

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 'n' you'll be smilin'

Oh yeah, yeah

Your sister's gone out, she's on a date

And you just sit at home and !@(#
Your phone is gonna ring soon,
But you just can't wait, for that call


So you stand on the corner in your new English clothes
And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes

But still your fingers gonna pick your nose, after all

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 'n' you'll be smilin'

Oh yeah, yeah

So you decide to take a holiday

You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet
Ah, but there's no place to go anyway and what for
You've got everything, but nothin's cool

They just found your father in the swimming pool
And you guess you won't be going back to school anymore


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 'n' you'll be smilin'
La da, da
Oh yeah, yeah


So you play your albums and you smoke your pot
And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot

Oh, but still you're aching for the things you haven't got,
What went wrong


And if you can't understand why your world is so dead
And why you've got to keep in style and feed your head
Well, you're twenty one and still you mother makes your bed

And that's too long

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 'n' you'll be smilin'

Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight
Yeah, Captain Jack will get you by tonight