BOATHOUSE
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1998


Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I would rather be at the boathouse
Out of the daily grind
I'd sooner be down at the boathouse
What a way to unwind.

Now I don't want to know
How it feels to be set back
So I'm leaving here on a one-way track.

I'd rather be in mosquito valley
Out of my right hand lane
You ought to see my mosquito tally
All that moves is fair game.

Now I don't want to know
How it feels not to be loose
So I'm leavin' here on the first caboose
I'm leavin' here on the first caboose.

I can't sleep by a gentle ocean
I can't sleep by a waterfall
I can't sleep by a lovely river
I can't sleep I can't sleep.

Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I would rather sleep at the boathouse
What more can I say
I'd sooner eat down at the boathouse
Let it carry me away.

Now I don't want to know
How it feels to step aside
So I'm leavin' here on a wicked ride.

Or I could be back at the alehouse
With a flagon or two
A few blocks south of the jailhouse
With a hole in my shoe.

Now I don't want to know
How it feels to stop a truck
So I'm leavin' here and wishin' you good luck
I'm leavin' here and wishin' you good luck.

I can't sleep by a peaceful ocean
I can't sleep by a waterfall
I can't sleep by a lovely river
I can't sleep, I can't sleep.

Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I'd rather be in mosquito valley
Keeping spiders in line
I'd sooner be down at the boathouse
What a way to unwind.

Now I don't want to know
How it feels not to be loose
So I'm leavin' here on the first caboose
I'm leavin' here on the first caboose.

Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee, dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)