<P> Farner himself does not explicitly state what the song is about , and indeed prefers that listeners be able to use their own imaginations when listening to songs in general . Nor did the other band members have any real idea of what Farner was getting at ; Brewer has said , `` I think it can mean a lot of different things to a lot of people . '' But the most common interpretations and resonances of `` I 'm Your Captain '' revolve around the Vietnam War . The VH1 program Behind the Music said the song `` became a subtle anti-war anthem '' . Lee Andresen , author of Battle Notes : Music of the Vietnam War , sees it as portraying President Richard Nixon as `` captain '' of the United States , losing popular support for continuing the war . Fellow Flint native Michael Moore remembers hearing it on the radio the day he went to his draft board ( where he would file as a conscientious objector ) , and hoping the I 'm getting closer to my home refrains would never end , as he felt America was his home and not Vietnam . </P>
<P> Farner himself does not explicitly state what the song is about , and indeed prefers that listeners be able to use their own imaginations when listening to songs in general . Nor did the other band members have any real idea of what Farner was getting at ; Brewer has said , `` I think it can mean a lot of different things to a lot of people . '' But the most common interpretations and resonances of `` I 'm Your Captain '' revolve around the Vietnam War . The VH1 program Behind the Music said the song `` became a subtle anti-war anthem '' . Lee Andresen , author of Battle Notes : Music of the Vietnam War , sees it as portraying President Richard Nixon as `` captain '' of the United States , losing popular support for continuing the war . Fellow Flint native Michael Moore remembers hearing it on the radio the day he went to his draft board ( where he would file as a conscientious objector ) , and hoping the I 'm getting closer to my home refrains would never end , as he felt America was his home and not Vietnam . </P>
who sang i 'm getting closer to my home
who sang i 'm getting closer to my home
Farner
Farner