O captain, My captain!! Why wouldn't you call out once?

O captain, My captain!!
Why wouldn't you call out once?
Just one holler and..
You would see us all
Standing on the table for you
One by one!
O captain, My captain!!
Why wouldn't you call out once?

O captain, My captain!!
Living a life of contradictions
Pretending to be the funny man
Why did you conform?
The moment you decided
Did you ask just once
"What will be your verse?"
O captain, My captain!!
Why wouldn't you call out once?

O captain, My captain!!
Don't you remember what you said about bad times?
Were you not paying attention?
It was supposed to wake you up to all the good stuff.
O captain, My captain!!
Why wouldn't you call out once?

O captain, My captain!!
Will we miss your acting? No
Will we miss your funny lines? No
Will we miss your comedy? No
It's the way we think about something you said
days, month, years after.
Coz it's never the big things
Always the little things, always!
O captain, My captain!!
Why wouldn't you call out once?