Boat in the Water - Tom Paxton

Let’s get this boat in the water

With the oars where they oughta

We’ll roll down this river to the sea

We’ll sail off in the sunset

To some place we ain’t been yet

Just to say that we’ve been there, you and me

There are islands in the ocean

You can’t reach except by boatin'

Where the coconuts and mangos fall from trees

On the beaches soft as cotton

All your troubles soon forgotten

You can toss 'em up, loose 'em in the breeze

Let’s get this boat in the water

With the oars where they oughta

We’ll roll down this river to the sea

We’ll sail off in the sunset

To some place we ain’t been yet

Just to say that we’ve been there, you and me

If we never make it back, hell, we won’t care

Just as long as we can say that we’ve been there

If we want to see some more of

We can sail to Bora Bora

Where they say the fish are bitin' there all day

And the natives one supposes

Run around without their clothes

You can feel your inhibitions slip away

Let’s get this boat in the water

With the oars where they oughta

We’ll roll down this river to the sea

We’ll sail off in the sunset

To some place we ain’t been yet

Just to say that we’ve been there, you and me

Oh, we can say that we’ve been there, you and me