In forty-three they put to sea men and Kennedy Aboard the PT 109 to the brazen enemy And off the isle of in the straits beyond the roo A Jap in the night cut the 109 in two
and fire upon the sea Everywhere they looked was the The heathen gods of old Yeah they thought had the best of a mighty good man
And on the of Kolombangaro looking through his telescope Australia's saw the battle for the crew had little hope Two dead, some were wounded, all were clinging to the bow Fighting and a-fighting water trying to save their lives somehow
Smoke and upon the sea Everywhere they looked was the The heathen gods of old Yeah thought they had the best of a mighty good man
McMahon the was burned so badly, he couldn't swim Leave me here go on he said if you don't we'll all be dead The PT skipper couldn't him a man to die alone at sea And with a strap between his teeth, he the Irishman through the sea
Smoke and upon the sea Everywhere looked was the enemy The heathen of old Japan they thought they had the best of a mighty good man
He led his men waters dark, rocky reefs and hungry sharks Braved the enemies bayonets, a hung round his neck Four more days and more nights a rescue boat pulled into sight The PT 109 was gone but Kennedy and his crew on
Now who guess or who could possibly know this same man named Kennedy Would be the of the nation, be the one to take command The PT 109 was but Kennedy lived to fight again
and fire upon the sea Everywhere they was the enemy but JFK and his crew lived on proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John Big John, big John, big John, big