P.T. 109-Jimmy Dean

[ti:P.T. 109] [ar:Jimmy Dean] [al:Jimmy Dean'S Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]P.T. 109 - Jimmy Dean [00:06.21]In '43 they put to sea thirteen men and Kennedy [00:10.22]Aboard the PT 109 to fight the brazen enemy [00:15.83]And off the isle of Olasana in the straight beyond Naru [00:20.52]A Jap destroyer in the night cut the 109 in two [00:28.02]Smoke and fire upon the sea everywhere they looked was the enemy [00:32.93]The heathen gods of old Japan yeah they thought had the best of a mighty good man [00:39.62] [00:43.19]And on the coast of Kolombangara looking through this telescope [00:48.04]Australian Evans saw the battle for the crew had little hope [00:53.49]Two were dead and some were wounded all were clinging to the bow [00:58.61]Fightin' fire and flightin' water trying to save themselves somehow [01:05.59]Smoke and fire upon the sea [01:08.08]Everywhere they looked was the enemy [01:10.64]The heathen gods of old Japan yeah they thought had the best of a mighty good man [01:16.50] [01:21.47]McMahon the Irishman was burned so badly he couldn't swim [01:26.38]Leave me here go on he said cause if you don't we'll all be dead [01:31.44]The PT skipper couldn't leave him a man to die alone at sea [01:36.53]And with a strap between his teeth he towed the Irishman through the sea [01:43.72]Smoke and fire upon the sea [01:46.28]Everywhere they looked was the enemy [01:48.84]The heathen gods of old Japan yeah they thought had the best of a mighty good man [01:55.82] [01:59.49]He led his men through waters dark rocky reefs and hungry sharks [02:04.48]He braved the enemy's bayonets a thirty eight hung round his neck [02:09.60]Four more days and four more nights a rescue boat pulled into sight [02:14.64]The PT 109 was gone but Kennedy and his crew lived on [02:21.50]Now who could guess who could possibly know that same man named Kennedy [02:31.09]Would be the leader of the nation be the one to take command [02:37.48]The PT 109 was gone but Kennedy lived to fight again [02:42.83] [02:44.62]Smoke and fire upon the sea everywhere they looked was the enemy [02:49.53]But JFK and his crew lived on [02:53.59]Which proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John [02:59.92](Big John Big John Big John Big John )