Lyric discussion by boris_the_cow 

Cover art for The Boatman lyrics by Levellers

At Glastonbury 1992, Simon sung a different second verse:

If I could choose the life I pleased, then I would be a spaceman Take LSD and Ecstasy and I'll be off my face man But all this ecstasy Does strange things to me If I could choose the life I pleased then I would be a spaceman