Oh my captain, Oh my captain I've been working hard for you Trying to make you love me too Doing all that I can for my captain Oh my captain, open your eyes See the rebel on the stairs And are there roamers everywhere And how it seems that no one cares for my captain Tell me now what is going on See the ground that I'm standing on How it crumbles at my feet As we dance you remind me Oh my captain, Oh my captain I've remembered every song And now I've learned to sing them all Still I wonder what is wrong with my captain Oh my captain, hold on to me Tell me why you let me go And why the anchor man needs rope Already half way off the boat for my captain Tell me now what is going on See the tower that I'm coming from How it shakes beneath my feet As we fall you remind me Oh my captain, Oh my captain Now it's time for me to part Rip the needle from my heart We were so wrong from the start oh my captain