when I go walking, i hear them talking all over town they say I’m gone, i’ve lost my mind well maybe i have, and maybe that’s the point now i’m building a big red boat building a big red boat with full intentions to set sail and one day i’ll leave this all behind and with your help, i’m certain not to fail tell me are you still with me? remember this was our great plan? we’d build a boat, and sail away we’d leave them all back on dry land i’ve been building a big red boat been building a big red boat between my meetings and at night i’m tired, but i stay inspired by listening to the beach boys tape you made for me when we were nine
darling, you seem uneasy, i know this is a tad bizarre but out here on the plains of nebraska i swear i smell the ocean, can you every time you look up to the stars? i’m been building a big red boat in my back yard building a big red boat no one can tell me what to do send doctors, send preachers, send lawyers, they have their boats to build, this boat’s a boat that’s built for two i’ve been building a big red boat in my back yard building a big red boat with full intentions to set sail and one day i’ll leave this all behind one day, before I lose my mind meet me when you’re ready meet me when you’ve lost your head you can meet me, I’ll be waiting meet me by the water’s edge