Load The Boat - Shriekback

Load the boat up

Load the boat up

Load the boat up

Load the boat up

Isn’t there anyone not amazed

That there’s still fish to fry

Hats to try

And not everybody’s crazed

In order to ratchet up this and that

You got a plot to write every night

Did they never tell you that?

You gotta keep on rowing

You gotta feast on crumbs

But when the lights are glowing

And the landfall comes

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

Not that there’s anything much to blame

Still, you must wonder why

Every time

The dead all look the same

We do a lot of things

All the time

We can be pragmatists, animists

Something along those lines

You put the nose to windward

You gotta inch it round

You gotta hope for nothing

But if it stops pissing down

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

Back there in '85, that whole scene

They said there were rainy days on the way

Just thought they were being mean

You have a right to your attitude

Still you just have to say

That old way

Was effective if fairly crude

You gotta try and not swallow

You gotta not inhale

You gotta keep on going

And if the crop don’t fail

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta watch for shallows

You gotta not look down

You’re chasing death already

Every day is gravy now

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

You gotta load the boat up

(Repeat to fade out)