Leaky Little Boat

Album: Americano! (2004)
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  • I awake from a long, deep sleep
    In a leaky little boat on a wide blue sea
    I spy no island, rock or shore
    And the sea, she's a-comin' to me through a hole in the floor
    And the tide come in and the tide go out
    And the waves they come toss my little boat about
    And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
    I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
    Just a leaky little boat

    And as I wake I look around
    I have no notion where I'm bound
    So many different colored boats I see
    Are all leaky, lonely and driftin'
    Just like me

    And the tide come in and the tide go out
    I spy no island rock or shore
    And the sea keeps a-comin' to me through a hole in the floor
    Of my leaky little boat

    Alone, adrift, together are we
    Slowly sinkin' in a deep blue sea
    But we smile and we wave
    And we say, â??I'm afraid, and I love you, and here we goâ?? Publisher: ME GUSTA MUSIC
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  • Jolene from Reno, NvI love this song so much. I never get tired of hearing it.
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