Dream, it's all you can
You miss the smell of burning turf
It's all you can do
No matter where I put my head

Ah no, don't, no don't sink the boat
The flowers quick just bloom and fray
It takes all types to judge a man

Ah no, don't, oh no, don't sink the boat
Rambling years of lousy luck
Singled out for who you are
Listen, that's all you can

Hide behind their own worst fears
Ah, but don't, no don't sink the boat
Be thankful, that's all you can
Sing, that's all you can
That you built, you built to keep afloat

Sick and tired of what to say
A ripe old age, a ripe old age

That you built, you built to keep afloat

A ripe old age, a ripe old age
I'm a ripe old age, that's what I am

Dream, that's all you can
It's all you can
That you built
No one listens, anyway
That you built, you built to keep afloat
Ah no, don't, no don't sink the boat
That you built, that you built to keep afloat
The best I can
Ah no, don't, no don't sink the boat
A ripe old age, that's what I am
That you built, you built to keep afloat
Blackened days with their bigger gales
Oh, that you built, that you built to keep afloat

Live, that's all you can
Tomorrow smells of less decay
Ah, but don't, no don't sink the boat

A ripe old age, just do it the best I can, hey
Drink, that's all you can
Filthy suits with bigot ears
Feel, that's all you can

Ah, but don't, don't sink the boat
I wake up feeling sound again
A ripe old age, just do it the best I can, hey
A ripe old age, a ripe old age

Blow in your parlor to discuss the day
I'm ripe old age, a ripe old age