The Captain & the Kid The Captain & the Kid The Captain & the Kid is the twenty-eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 2006. It is his second autobiographical album with lyricist Bernie Taupin, picking up where 1975's "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" left off. "The Captain & the Kid" chronicles the events in their lives over those subsequent 30 years. "The Captain & the Kid" reached No. 6 in the UK, a considerable improvement over the performance of John's preceding "Peachtree Road" in 2004, which peaked at No. 21. It reached No. 18 in the US, before quickly
The Dirt Road (song) The Dirt Road (song) "The Dirt Road" is a song written by Mark Miller and Gregg Hubbard, and recorded by American country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released in November 1991 as the lead-off (or the second if "The Walk" is counted) single from their 1992 album "The Dirt Road". It peaked at number 3 in the United States, while it was a number-one hit in Canada. The song's narrator is wanting to take the dirt road in his life, as he's been walking on it for years, and it has taken him where he needs to go. The