Sailboat for Sale
Driftin' Dreams and Drunken Seas: Sailboat Saga
Lyrics
I'm floating in my boat
The singer is currently in a boat.
Not the one I used to fish in
It's not the same boat the singer used for fishing previously.
But the boat I sit in wishin'
The singer wishes they were still floating on their old fishing boat.
I was still floating on my fishing boat
Expressing a desire to be back on the old fishing boat.
And I'm out here on this river
The singer is on a river, though it's more like a creek.
Really it's just a creek
Describing the small size of the river.
This river when I drink
Metaphorically refers to the river as "drinking" to imply its small size.
So I'm drinking on my river boat
The singer is drinking while on this small river.
I could sail to the ocean
Contemplating sailing to the ocean.
The wind would come and get me
Expresses a readiness for the wind to guide them to the ocean.
But I ain't goin' nowhere quickly
Despite the willingness, there's no immediate action.
I'm just a drunkin' sailor
Self-identifying as a sailor and implying intoxication.
Waiting on a gale
Waiting for a strong wind to sail.
With a drink in my hand and a sailboat for sale
The singer is holding a drink and has a sailboat for sale.
Aye
Expressing agreement or acknowledgment in a nautical manner.
Aye
-An old pirate sold me on a
Reflecting on a trade for a boat that turned out to be undesirable.
We traded straight across
-The boat I thought I wanted
-For the boat I hate I lost
-She'll sing when that wind whistles
Describing how the boat reacts to the wind and referencing the old pirate.
When it doesn't, well she don't
-Just ask that old pirate
-That's floatin' on my river boat
-I could sail to the ocean
Reiteration of the singer's situation: waiting for a strong wind.
If the wind would come and get me
-But I ain't goin' nowhere quickly
-I'm just a drunkin' sailor
-Waiting on a gale
-With a drink in my hand and a sailboat for sale
-Never make a handshake deal while sharing someone bottle
Advice against making deals while sharing alcohol.
Never buy a boat son that doesn't have a throttle
Advice against purchasing a boat without an engine.
Aye
Expressing agreement or acknowledgment in a nautical manner.
Aye
-I could sail to the ocean
Reiteration of the singer's state: waiting for the wind to sail.
If the wind would come and get me
-But I ain't goin' nowhere quickly
-I'm just a drunkin' sailor
-Waiting on a gale
-With a drink in my hand and a sailboat for sale
-I got a sailboat for sale
Reiteration of having a sailboat for sale.
Aye
Expressing agreement or acknowledgment in a nautical manner.
Aye
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