I awake from a long, deep sleep
In a leaky little boat on a wide blue sea
I spy no island, rock or shore
And the sea, she s a-comin to me through a hole in the floor

And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
Just a leaky little boat

And as I wake I look around
I have no notion where I m bound
So many different colored boats I see
Are all leaky, lonely and driftin
Just like me

And the tide come in and the tide go out .

I spy no island rock or shore
And the sea keeps a-comin to me through a hole in the floor
Of my leaky little boat

Alone, adrift, together are we
Slowly sinkin in a deep blue sea
But we smile and we wave
And we say, I m afraid and I love you and here we go