I think he may be compairing Captain Pierce to Jerry.
Pierce is good person, and apparently had a large positive impact on Les. But it seems that he was too wreckless. He raced through life and enjoyed the thrill of it.
"He never did win no checkered flag,
but he never did come in last. "
His lifestyle didn't get him anywhere, and in the end he crashed.
Maybe it's a warning to people to take care in how they handel their time. You never know how much of it you have. I think the message is don't rush through things. But then again, I have a tendency to derive meaning from something that means nothing at all. Feel free to criticize. ^__^
Here's what I get from the song:
I think he may be compairing Captain Pierce to Jerry.
Pierce is good person, and apparently had a large positive impact on Les. But it seems that he was too wreckless. He raced through life and enjoyed the thrill of it.
"He never did win no checkered flag, but he never did come in last. "
His lifestyle didn't get him anywhere, and in the end he crashed.