Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces

Pontoon put-put with the tape on 10

Dixie cup pink wine in the Labor Day sunshine.

Iў‚¬"ўm sliding the sunfish up through the wakes

Coming up too quick, making mistakes.

Quiet climb the chrome ladder in the front

While theyў‚¬"ўre all yawning, under the awning.

Astro turf green hot to the touch;

Sneak open the cooler, theyў‚¬"ўve got too much.

--Past Taipei, through the Taiwan straits

We sailed on in, me and my mates.

It was my first time running my own ship

But my buddies didnў‚¬"ўt care they didnў‚¬"ўt give me no lip,

So many times weў‚¬"ўve been side by side:

But I never carried a load with so much pride.

You see Iў‚¬"ўm from Grand Rapids and up my way

We grow the best blueberries in the U.S. of A.

And when we pull into old H.K.

The little marketsў‚¬"ўll have something special next day.

--At dawn I had a scotch and made them switch off the porn

cause thereў‚¬"ўs nothing thatў‚¬"ўs dirty about the ocean in the morn.

The radar said nothing and nothing crossed my mind

When they came starboard side up from behind.

--Down below deck sip the south island sec

think when last put in port, I was sorting the sort:

and then a girl caught my eye as she was waving goodbye.

Tell me my dear, I said warm and sincere, who do you know on the ship

And then she curled up her lip:

I donў‚¬"ўt know no one there yet but just wait see what you get.

--Pop the top and drink your drop weў‚¬"ўll never go home.

Curse and cry and why oh why weў‚¬"ўll never go home.

Weў‚¬"ўll never go home.

The radar said nothingand nothing crossed my mind

When they came starboard side up from behind.

I never saw them coming even though it was light;

They beat two of my men simply out of spite.

And then they came back to the helm, kicked me over and said

Do what we say or weў‚¬"ўll kill you and your men.

I looked back at those pirates with their beady little eyes;

I gathered my courage and I could see their surprise

When I said Go ahead you could cut my throat

But you ainў‚¬"ўt never getting the cargo of my blueberry boat.

--Itў‚¬"ўs sad and itў‚¬"ўs cold at the bottom of the sea

but at least I got my blueberries with me.