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Last Boat to America Lyrics
Make me a boat, away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
There's nothing here to hold me now
And I got no more tears to cry
Grant me a wish just one more kiss
And baby kiss me till the daylight's through
These are days of make believe
But there ain't nothing any fool can do
Pin another dream on me
Cause the night is bearing down
Baby let's go all the way this time
Send me the truth sweet bird of youth
I've got some trouble trying to understand
Beneath the veils of mystery
Are these the movements of an unseen hand
Our arms are filled with sunken treasure baby
Now our heads are filled with perfect sound
But do we truly see it hey till we're placing it in the ground
Take just what you need from me
Cause the night is bearing down
Baby let's go all the way this time
Frost on my windowpane is forming
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no no
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no no
Baby let's go all the way this time
Won't you take me all the way this time
Baby let's go all the way this time
Make me a boat, away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue
Sky
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
There's nothing here to hold me now
And I got no more tears to cry
Grant me a wish just one more kiss
And baby kiss me till the daylight's through
These are days of make believe
But there ain't nothing any fool can do
Pin another dream on me
Cause the night is bearing down
Baby let's go all the way this time
I've got some trouble trying to understand
Beneath the veils of mystery
Are these the movements of an unseen hand
Our arms are filled with sunken treasure baby
Now our heads are filled with perfect sound
But do we truly see it hey till we're placing it in the ground
Take just what you need from me
Cause the night is bearing down
Baby let's go all the way this time
Oh no
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no no
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no
Don't pin that line on me
Oh no no
Won't you take me all the way this time
Baby let's go all the way this time
Into the stillness of a pure blue
Sky
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This song greatly reminds me of Freedom (both in the sound and content), but more emotional. Am I on to something?
he's said before that he wrote this song for his father, who died during the recording of A New Day at Midnight. i think a lot of the depression and melancholy one feels after losing a loved one is conveyed throughout the album, but this song in particular strikes me as a plea for an escape from intense emotion
Beauty in simplicity, like so many of his songs.
Personally, I agree with they say this was written for his father. However, I think in the song he is talking to a lover. He clearly has intense emotions bearing down on him but he asks the lover to grant him one wish... to give him affection to take his mind off of the depression that surrounds him.
I also thought these lines were intriguing: "Now our heads are filled with perfect sound But do we truly see it hey till we're placing it in the ground" I think that he may be suggesting that perhaps, there is beauty around us but he also asks if we see it before one of our loved ones dies. He asks this because he has obviously found beauty in his lover following the death of his loved one. Maybe he thinks that he unfortunately didn't realize, or appreciate, before the death.
The fuzzy rhythmic beat at the beginning emphasizes the monotony of dealing with death and depression. Yet, interestingly, it suddenly becomes lighter once he speaks of his lover, as if they are the ones who brightens his dreary world.
One of my favorites. A true classic.