Fly: Original Lyrical Sailor Man

You know, one of the great things about Sports Night was the musical selections they used. For example, during two different episodes I was introduced to Neil Finn, former lead singer of Crowded House, who had at that point struck out as a solo artist. Casey and Dana's theme song in the second season was "She Will Have Her Way" by Neil Finn. It's a great song, probably the best on his album "Try Whistling This".

At the end of the first season episode, The Sword of Orion, they played "Sloop John B" by the Beach Boys, the lyrics of which I reproduce here.

We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we do roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the captain's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don’t you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the main sail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don’t you let me go home
(hoist up the John B's sail)
Hoist up the John B
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don’t they let me go home
This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don’t you let me go home

Interestingly enough, I had never had grits until a little more than a month ago, when Shiitake and I dined at a little cafe on a bright Monday morning. For those of you who have never had them, they've got an odd consistency to them, but they're not half bad.