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[ar:Jimmy Dean]
[al:The Hits of 1962, Vol. 1]
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[00:00.00]PT109 - Jimmy Dean
[00:05.39]In '43 they put to sea thirteen men and Kennedy
[00:10.65]Aboard the PT 109 to fight the brazen enemy
[00:15.53]And off the isle of Olasana in the straight beyond Naru
[00:20.53]A Jap destroyer in the night cut the 109 in two
[00:27.61]Smoke and fire upon the sea
[00:29.98]Everywhere they looked was the enemy
[00:32.56]The heathen gods of old Japan yeah
[00:35.07]They thought had the best of a mighty good man
[00:42.73]And on the coast of Kolombangara
[00:45.26]Looking through this telescope
[00:47.58]Australian Evans saw the battle for
[00:50.52]The crew had little hope
[00:52.84]Two were dead and some were
[00:55.13]Wounded all were clinging to the bow
[00:57.98]Fightin' fire and flightin' water trying
[01:01.02]To save themselves somehow
[01:04.86]Smoke and fire upon the sea
[01:07.38]Everywhere they looked was the enemy
[01:10.05]The heathen gods of old Japan
[01:12.25]Yeah the thought they had the
[01:13.40]Best of a mighty good man
[01:20.55]McMahon the Irishman was
[01:22.74]Burned so badly he couldn't swim
[01:25.44]Leave me here go on he said
[01:27.72]Cause if you don't we'll all be dead
[01:30.43]The PT skipper couldn't leave
[01:32.30]Him a man to die alone at sea
[01:35.53]And with a strap between his teeth he
[01:38.12]Towed the Irishman through the sea
[01:42.64]Smoke and fire upon the sea
[01:45.09]Everywhere they looked was the enemy
[01:47.51]The heathen gods of old Japan
[01:49.69]Yeah the thought they had the
[01:51.02]Best of a mighty good man
[01:57.96]He led his men through waters dark
[02:00.54]Rocky reefs and hungry sharks
[02:03.13]He braved the enemy's bayonets
[02:05.28]A thirty eight hung round his neck
[02:08.17]Four more days and four more nights
[02:10.62]A rescue boat pulled into sight
[02:13.14]The PT 109 was gone but
[02:15.83]Kennedy and his crew lived on
[02:20.14]Now who could guess who could possibly
[02:22.23]Know that same man named Kennedy
[02:28.90]Would be the leader of the nation
[02:32.56]Be the one to take command
[02:35.12]The PT 109 was gone
[02:37.59]But Kennedy lived to fight again
[02:42.32]Smoke and fire upon the sea
[02:44.51]Everywhere they looked was the enemy
[02:46.95]But JFK and his crew lived on
[02:50.77]Which proves it's hard to
[02:53.64]Get the best of a man named John
[02:57.08]Big John Big John Big John