Blueberry Boat

Pontoon put-put with the tape on 10
Dixie cup pink wine in the Labor Day sunshine.
Iў‚¬"ўm sliding the sunfish up through the wakes
Coming up too quick, making mistakes.
Quiet climb the chrome ladder in the front
While theyў‚¬"ўre all yawning, under the awning.
Astro turf green hot to the touch;
Sneak open the cooler, theyў‚¬"ўve got too much.
--Past Taipei, through the Taiwan straits
We sailed on in, me and my mates.
It was my first time running my own ship
But my buddies didnў‚¬"ўt care they didnў‚¬"ўt give me no lip,
So many times weў‚¬"ўve been side by side:
But I never carried a load with so much pride.
You see Iў‚¬"ўm from Grand Rapids and up my way
We grow the best blueberries in the U.S. of A.
And when we pull into old H.K.
The little marketsў‚¬"ўll have something special next day.
--At dawn I had a scotch and made them switch off the porn
cause thereў‚¬"ўs nothing thatў‚¬"ўs dirty about the ocean in the morn.
The radar said nothing and nothing crossed my mind
When they came starboard side up from behind.
--Down below deck sip the south island sec
think when last put in port, I was sorting the sort:
and then a girl caught my eye as she was waving goodbye.
Tell me my dear, I said warm and sincere, who do you know on the ship
And then she curled up her lip:
I donў‚¬"ўt know no one there yet but just wait see what you get.
--Pop the top and drink your drop weў‚¬"ўll never go home.
Curse and cry and why oh why weў‚¬"ўll never go home.
Weў‚¬"ўll never go home.
The radar said nothingand nothing crossed my mind
When they came starboard side up from behind.
I never saw them coming even though it was light;
They beat two of my men simply out of spite.
And then they came back to the helm, kicked me over and said
Do what we say or weў‚¬"ўll kill you and your men.
I looked back at those pirates with their beady little eyes;
I gathered my courage and I could see their surprise
When I said Go ahead you could cut my throat
But you ainў‚¬"ўt never getting the cargo of my blueberry boat.
--Itў‚¬"ўs sad and itў‚¬"ўs cold at the bottom of the sea
but at least I got my blueberries with me.