Houseboat

from New Moon in the Morning by The Bearcubes

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I've been working on my houseboat
Nailing up the parts that leak
Come sail with me on my houseboat
All the way down the Mississippi

We'll sail through porcelain bathtubs
Be pulled down tornado drains
We'll float slowly through the gutters
A little faster when it rains

Chorus
Slowly, slowly we'll keep drifting
Drifting slowly on this boat
She can take us anywhere
But we'll always be at home

Put my feet in the water
Cool the hot coals in my shoes
My house never stops
My house always moves

The grass is always greener
On land, you have to choose
But when you live on water,
Everything is blue

We'll go to Louisiana
We'll float through a sandbox moat
We'll go all the way to Russia
We'll just leave if we get too cold

The moon, she smiles on us
Softly pulling us around
We'll always be looking up
Cause there isn't any ground

Chorus

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from New Moon in the Morning, released May 30, 2010
Janie Cowan, double bass

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