[Verse 1]

Danny flew his stars and stripes

He had a wife and baby

Bounced him on his knee each night

'Til he took off with the navy

[Verse 2]

Jesus was a sailor, boys

Sailed on Galilee

If he went to work today

He'd have to sail the seven seas

[Verse 3]

Danny took his fishing boat

A hundred miles away

To the waters no one owns

To the land of wind and wave

[Verse 4]

All along the seacoast towns

Along the narrowland

They heard a storm was coming down

Two parts water one part sand

[Verse 5]

The wind it drove the sea so wild

It opened like a jaw

Came down in a salty smile

Ate up all it saw

[Verse 6]

Fifteen feet the ocean rose

Fifteen feet it fell

When that boat began to roll

Must have seemed like hell

[Verse 7]

Danny flew his stars and stripes

He had a wife and baby

Saw them in the sea that night

When he went down with the navy