“Buy the Boat”
(A.J. Foti, E. Blackwood)

I see you in the doorway
As you leave in the morn,
You tell me it’s over
And the hearts are all torn,
But I’ll tell you, honey,
We’ll have it your way, just stay, and say…

Don’t buy the boat if you can’t swim,
And if you don’t like the world you’re living in,
You say you want to make more than I make,
Well baby, baby, baby, don’t you hesitate,
I’ll take care of the kids and I’ll stay at home,
Just as long as when you’re there, you’ll call me “your own.”

When I met you lady
I was proud to be yours,
But now I see the truth
That has washed up on shore,
Looks like it, baby,
We’ll have it your way, just stay, and say…

Don’t buy the boat if you can’t swim,
And if you don’t like the world you’re living in,
You say you want to make more than I make,
Well baby, baby, baby, don’t you hesitate,
I’ll take care of the kids and I’ll stay at home,
Just as long as when you’re there, you’ll call me “your own.”

Life may be a rockabilly tune,
Sounds like all the rest that you croon,
Together we see that work was once fun,
But sooner or later one has to run…
But for now, baby (baby),
We’ll have it your way, just stay, and say…

1,2,3,4 - Don’t buy the boat if you can’t swim,
And if you don’t like the world you’re living in,
You say you want to make more than I make,
Well baby, baby, baby, don’t you hesitate,
I’ll take care of the kids and I’ll stay at home,
Just as long as when you’re there, you’ll call me “your own.”

dedicated to Elvis Presley & Eddie Cochran