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Captain Jack by Billy Joel  Songfacts
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5 hours ago This song is based on a real person: A drug dealer who lived near Joel in Oyster Bay, New York. But, as the singer explained in a 1975 interview with ZigZag, the character "Captain Jack" was a composite of different kinds of people.Said Joel: "I was just sitting around one day looking out of the window wondering what I was going to write about, and kinda wrote about what was going …

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Captain Jack  Billy Joel Official Site
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6 hours ago 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,

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Billy Joel – Captain Jack Lyrics  Genius
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9 hours agoCaptain Jack,” written and sung by Billy Joel, first appeared on his 1973 album Piano Man. It also has a popular live version on his 1981 album Songs in …

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"Captain Jack" by Billy Joel with lyrics  YouTube
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3 hours ago Billy Joel wrote this gem in 1973, off his Piano Man album. "Captain Jack" is one of those classic tavern or lounge songs from back in the day. Enjoy your

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Billy Joel  Captain Jack Lyrics  SongMeanings
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1 hours ago The song is about a deadbeat 21 year old whose family is getting on with their life and he is still living at home, pushing heroin, and jacking off. It's NOT about drinking, or the private life of a teenager. It's about the life of a loser junkie and Joel said himself it's an anti-drug song. It's kind of a bummer but it's Billy Joel at his best.

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Billy Joel Talks About 'Captain Jack'  Billy Joel
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3 hours ago Billy Joel Talks About ‘Captain Jack’. “Captain Jack isn't Jack Daniels. I used to live near the projects in Long Island and there were drugs going on and the dealer was called Captain Jack. There was also smack. They used to use the rhyme for smack, Captain Jack. So I didn't mean it to be any specific drug, it's whatever people had to

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The 25 best Billy Joel songs of all time
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2 hours agoCaptain Jack” is one of Joel’s most inappropriate songs, but it’s also the song credited for jumpstarting his career. If it wasn’t for a live performance of “Captain Jack” at a

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Lyrics for Captain Jack by Billy Joel  Songfacts
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6 hours ago Mike from Hueytown , Al Captain Jack is my favorite Billy Joel song by far. I first heard this song about 5 years ago and during that period I was listening to it all the time. Very under appreciated song. I don't know why the classic rock stations don't play it ; Ratso from Atlantic City, Nj I heard Billy Joel do this song well before it was

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Billy Joel  Captain Jack Lyrics  AZLyrics.com
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8 hours ago 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 smilin'. Your sister's gone out. She's on a date. And you just sit at home and masturbate. Your phone is …

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Captain Jack — Billy Joel  Last.fm
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1 hours ago Captain Jack will get you high tonight. A song written by Billy Joel when he began writing for the Piano Man album. One day during these compositions he was sitting in his apartment in Oyster Bay, Long Island and then looking out the window for an inspiration. His inspiration was found outside his window when he saw a housing project and he

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Captain Jack by Billy Joel  Songfacts
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2 hours ago This song is based on a real person: A drug dealer who lived near Joel in Oyster Bay, New York. But, as the singer explained in a 1975 interview with ZigZag, the character "Captain Jack" was a composite of different kinds of people.Said Joel: "I was just sitting around one day looking out of the window wondering what I was going to write about, and kinda wrote about what was going …

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Billy Joel  Captain Jack Lyrics Meaning
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Just Now Captain Jack to me is about Billy Joel's early failures, which alludes to the song Piano Man, and how he turns to Captain Jack, which is a nickname for heroin, to escape from his pain. He hangs out with the junkies and leaves his world to go to his "special island."

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Captain Jack  Billy Joel  Shazam
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8 hours ago Listen to Captain Jack by Billy Joel, 122,083 Shazams, featuring on ’70s Hits Essentials, and Billy Joel Essentials Apple Music playlists.

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Billy Joel  Captain Jack Lyrics  Lyrics.com
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9 hours ago About Captain Jack "Captain Jack" is a song by Billy Joel featured on his 1973 album Piano Man with a live version on his 1981 album Songs in the Attic. It is considered by some to be the most important and pivotal of his early compositions because his performance of the song at an April 15, 1972, live radio concert at Sigma Studios on WMMR in

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Captain Jack  song by Billy Joel  Spotify
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3 hours ago Listen to Captain Jack on Spotify. Billy Joel · Song · 1973. Open App. Captain Jack. By Billy Joel. More by Billy Joel. A Matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia: The Music (Live) Live At Shea Stadium. 12 Gardens Live. 2000 Years - The Millennium Concert. River Of Dreams. Storm Front.

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CAPTAIN JACK CHORDS by Billy Joel @ UltimateGuitar.Com
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4 hours ago Captain Jack chords by Billy Joel. 99,661 views, added to favorites 2,657 times. Difficulty: intermediate. Tuning: E A D G B E. Bbmaj7. 1 of 19. Am. 1 of 22. G/B. 1 of 21. Strumming. There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Create and get +5 IQ [Intro] G D C F Bbmaj7 F Bbmaj7 [Verse]

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BILLY JOEL  CAPTAIN JACK (LIVE) LYRICS
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3 hours ago Billy Joel - Captain Jack (live) Lyrics. 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

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What year did billy joel write captain jack?

"Captain Jack" is a song by Billy Joel featured on his 1973 album Piano Man with a live version on his 1981 album Songs in the Attic.

Who sang the song captain jack?

“Captain Jack” is a song by Billy Joel featured on his 1973 album Piano Man with a live version on his 1981 album Songs in the Attic.

What is the name of billy joels song?

" Captain Jack " is a song by Billy Joel featured on his 1973 album Piano Man with a live version on his 1981 album Songs in the Attic .

Did joel osteen write captain jack?

Joel said that Captain Jack was the name of the drug dealer that lived on his block when he was a kid. There was an error. Yeah he did.Joel wrote "Captain Jack" in late 1971, [1] [2] while sitting in his apartment in Oyster Bay, Long Island, looking out the window, trying to find inspiration for a song.

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