Little Ship - Loudon Wainwright III

Our relationship

Is just a little ship

That’s out on a stormy sea

We barely keep afloat

In our leaky boat

But still I’m hoping

That you’ll dote on me

When we first set sail

We thought we’d never fail

The wind was our best friend

It wouldn’t let us down

But then the tempest grew

And I thought I’d lost you

And our little ship

Would sink or run aground

But the precious craft

Was sturdy fore and aft

It rolled on a stormy sea

And when the winds died down

That’s when I looked around

You and the sun were all that I could see

And then a gentle wind

Bore us home again

I sat in the stern

You were in the bow

We landed safe and sound

And there on solid ground

We loved our little ship

Even more somehow

Our relationship

Is just a little ship

That’s out on a stormy sea