Great choices kendall

You nailed me with the other as well, we would have to contstantly corral one of my grandfathers when he was in a nursing home. He would stand in one spot outside, staring into the distance and would resist attempts to move him with the admonishment, "The Captain told me to stand here!"

We often wondered if "standing watch" was his form of atonement, as we believe he arrived in North America by jumping ship when he was young, after being raised as an orphan by the British Navy.

I have been working on a song about it and had never heard of the one by David Mallett. A very hard act to follow, especially when you've chosen the same subject matter.