Slow Boat To China - John Prine

Let’s take a slow boat to China. Leave from South Carolina\nLet’s take our time and go the long way\nOn a junk boat to Thailand with your hand in mine hand\nI sure hope we got something to say\nWell, this old boat’s go no sail so won’t you please hold our mail-\nFor awhile\nThanks anyway pal but the Suez Canal —\nAin’t our style\nLet’s take a slow boat to China and maybe we’ll find a\nNew way to play those same old games\nThe stars just might show us and the captain will know us\nShake our hands and call us by our first names\nWe’ll send a postcard to Grandpa of a vase or rickshaw-\nHe don’t care\nWe’ll buy Mom a kimono or maybe we’ll just phone her —\nWhen we’re there\nWe’ll drink sake at night beneath the soft harbor lights-\nOn the bay\nWe’ll build house on the hill next to Shangri-Li Bill —\nAnd we’ll stay\nLet’s take that slow boat to China (Let's go)\nSlow boat to China (Real Slow)\nSlow boat to China (Let's go)\nSlow boat to China (Real Slow)\nLet’s go Real Slow