Six Months In a Leaky Boat

When I was a young boy

I wanted to sail round the world

That's the life for me

Livin' on the sea

The spirit of a sailor

Who circumnavigates the globe

The lust of a pioneer

Will acknowledge no frontier

I remember you by thunderclap in the sky

Lightning flash, tempers flare

Round the horn if you dare

I just spent six months in a leaky boat

Lucky just to keep afloat

Aotearoa

A rugged individual

Glisten like a pearl

At the bottom of the world

The tyranny of distance

It didn't stop the cavalier

So why should it stop me?

I'll conquer and stay free

Ah, come on, all you lads

Let's forget and forgive

There's a world to explore

Tales to tell back on shore

I just spent six months in a leaky boat

Six months in a leaky boat

Good evening, Hamilton

Thanks for all comin' out

On a winter's night

Shipwrecked love can be cruel

Don't be fooled by her kind

There's a wind in my sails

Will protect and prevail

I just spent six months in a leaky boat

Nothing to it, leaky boat