Song Info
Genre
Charts
#5,080 today
Peak #137
#763 in subgenre
Peak #28
Author
Lyrics by me. Music / vocals by Mark Dooley
Rights
2011
Uploaded
February 04, 2011
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:04
Lyrics
Two for the Boatman
Verse 1:
Light turns red, she starts to walk.
It’s green before she gets across.
The cars wait. What can they do?
It’s the only time they see her.
Walks like someone going nowhere
And lots of time to get there.
Lots of time to get there.
But she’ll get there.
Chorus:
And she can’t understand
How it all slipped out
Like the coins from her hand.
She stops to count,
Stops to see,
Makes sure she still has three.
Three coins, now that’s all she needs.
One for luck and two for the Boatman.
Verse 2:
Slapshot wind, she starts to cough,
And reflex makes the sign of the cross,
A sign to a God she once knew.
A God who wouldn’t know her
If He passed her on the street.
I guess one day they’re gonna meet.
One day they’re gonna meet.
Yeah, she’ll get there.
Chorus:
And she can’t understand
How it all slipped out
Like coins from her hand.
She stops to count,
She stops to see
She makes sure she still has three.
Three coins, that’s all she needs.
One for luck and two for the Boatman.
Bridge:
It’s a cold, cold world.
No place for boys and girls
Who are brave enough,
Who are unlucky enough
To live way past their time.
The minutes left, they shine like dimes.
They’re yours, but you can’t keep ‘em.
Spend ‘em, you can’t keep ‘em.
Just make sure…
Chorus:
No one can understand
How it all slips out
Like coins from your hand.
So stop and see;
Make sure you still have three.
One for luck and two for the Boatman.
One for luck and two for the Boatman.
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