Building a Boat

Oh I'm Building a boat to get me out of town So I'm cutting big tall trees down to the ground I'm gonna cut em up into bends With a couple of my friends We're gonna have her going so fast by the spring, yeah Oh I'll hand make all the sails blocks and winches Fasten down the hatches with big brass hinges And on the deck there will be teak And it'll never ever leak We're gonna have her going so fast by the spring I'm gonna smash a big bottle of champagne across her bow And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe, It's just a matter of time Mediterranean water flows across her keel So fast oh baby you can really feel it At the helm on the wheel She's true to the wind She's so? good and the sea is so faithful to me I'm gonna smash a big bottle of champagne across her bow And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe, It's just a matter of time When the wild winds wail I'll be setting my sail Precision and perfection second to none I ain't never gonna turn around No I ain't gonna look back It's my new home in the sun It's my ship shape, great escape I'll bring all my Roy Orbison tapes I'm gonna leave you for her babe it's just a matter of time I'm gonna leave you for her babe it's just a matter of time I'm gonna leave you for her babe it's just a matter of time