Ol' Joe's got a Boston whaler

he bought in Key Biscane


He swears since the day he's got her


she's been nothing but a pain

when the sun's at his back


and the winds in his face


it's just him and the wheel

he wouldn't take a million for the


way it makes him feel




boats


vessels of freedom


harbors of heeling

boats





Newport is where John hung his hat

til he lost his wife Jo


now forty feet of sail antique


is where Ol' John calls home

he watched his life pass before his eyes


in the middle of a hurricane


came out alive on the other side

that's where "the other side" got its name





Boats

vessels of freedom


harbors of heeling


boats




twenty years of a landlocked job


was all that tom could take

sitting at his desk


all alone and depressed


says this just cant be my fate

went home that night and told his wife


you can tell all of your friends


it's been real but it ain't been fun

gonna get us one of them




boats


vessels of freedom

harbors of heeling

boats




vessels of freedom


boats