Songs that mention a Boat, ship...

[Disneylover99]

My first thought was Come Sail Away, but he never mentions the boat - just a "starship" LOL

I was just thinking the exact same thing about that song.

 

[belle032]

New country song that's so catchy! Good summer song

Buy Me A Boat-Chris Janson

I ain’t rich, but I damn sure wanna be
Working like a dog all day, ain’t working for me
I wish I had a rich uncle that’d kick the bucket
And that I was sitting on a pile like Warren Buffett
I know everybody says
Money can’t buy happiness

But it could buy me a boat, it could buy me a truck to pull it
It could buy me a Yeti 110 iced down with some silver bullets
Yeah, and I know what they say,
Money can’t buy everything
Well, maybe so,
But it could buy me a boat

They call me redneck, white trash and blue collar
But I could change all that if I had a couple million dollars
I keep hearing that money is the root of all evil
And you can’t fit a camel through the eye of a needle
I’m sure that’s probably true,
But it still sounds pretty cool

‘Cause it could buy me a boat, it could buy me a truck to pull it
It could buy me a Yeti 110 iced down with some silver bullets
Yeah, and I know what they say,
Money can’t buy everything
Well, maybe so,
But it could buy me a boat

To float down on the water with a beer…
I hear the Powerball Lotto is a-sitting’ on a hundred mill…
Well, that would buy me a brand new rod and reel…

And it could buy me a boat, it could buy me a truck to pull it
It could buy me a Yeti 110 iced down with some Silver Bullets
Yeah, and I know what they say,
Money can’t buy everything
Well, maybe so,
But it could buy me a boat

Yeah, and I know what they say,
Money can’t buy everything
Well, maybe so,
But it could buy me a boat
It could buy me a boat

 

[willowsnn3]

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream....

 

[gemini2727]

Downeastern Alexa - Billy Joel

 

[dinolounger]

How can we forget Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot? Arguably the best of a rare genre, the shipwreck ballad.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy

With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty

That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin

As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned

Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland

Then later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
When the wave broke over the railing

And every man knew, as the captain did too
'Twas the witch of November come stealin'

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashin'

When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck
Sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"

At seven PM a main hatchway caved in
He said, "Fellas, it's been good to know ya"

The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril

And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?

The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her

They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water

And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion

Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen

And farther below, Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her

And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral

The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early

 

[dotfurio]

Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Sittin' in the morning sun
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
Then I watch them roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Frisco Bay
Cuz I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothing's gonna come my way

So, I'm just gon' sit on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Looks like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, listen

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone, listen
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home, now

I'm just gon' sit at the dock of a bay
Watchin' the tide roll away, ooh
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

 

[dinolounger]

And here's one by John Denver, frankly the only song he ever wrote that I really like: Calypso, which he composed as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship, the Calypso. It has what must be one of the most jubilant refrains of any pop song ever written.

To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean,
to ride on the crest of the wild raging storm.
To work in the service of life and the living,
in search of the answers to questions unknown.
To be part of the movement and part of the growing,
part of beginning to understand.

Refrain:

Aye, Calypso, the place's you've been to,
the things that you've shown us, the stories you tell.
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit,
the men who have served you so long and so well.

Like the dolphin who guides you,
you bring us beside you
to light up the darkness and show us the way.
For though we are strangers in your silent world,
to live on the land we must learn from the sea.
To be true as the tide and free as a wind swell,
joyful and loving in letting it be.

Refrain X 2

 

[dinolounger]

A good number of the pieces listed so far on this thread are from the 70's, which for whatever reason appears to have been a big decade for nautical-themed songs.

So here's another: Ride, Captain, Ride by one hit wonders the Blues Image:

Seventy-three men sailed up
From the San Francisco Bay,
Rolled off of their ship
And here's what they had to say.
"We're callin' everyone to ride along
To another shore,
We can laugh our lives away
and be free once more."
But no one heard them callin',
No one came at all,
'Cause they were too busy watchin'
Those old raindrops fall.
As a storm was blowin'
Out on the peaceful sea,
Seventy-three men sailed off
To history.

Refrain:

Ride, captain ride
Upon your mystery ship,
Be amazed at the friends
You have here on your trip.
Ride captain ride
Upon your mystery ship,
On your way to a world
That others might have missed.

Brief instrumental bridge

Seventy-three men sailed up
From the San Francisco Bay,
Got off their ship
And here's what they had to say.
"We're callin' everyone to ride along
To another shore,
We can laugh our lives away
And be free once more."

Refrain 2X

 

[dinolounger]

And now to the 80s (1988, to be exact. Split Enz did boat song? Wow).

Here's another one hit -- well, OK, maybe one and a half hit --wonder: Enya, with her new age anthem Orinoco Flow (Sail Away). In keeping with that style, obtuse, meandering lyrics, the title is either about the Orinoco river in South America or the Orinoco Studio in London where she recorded the song. Whatever, she jumps all over the world in the chorus sections.

Let me sail, let me sail,
let the orinoco flow,
Let me reach, let me beach
On the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail,
Let me crash upon your shore,
Let me reach, let me beach
Far beyond the Yellow Sea.

Sail, Sail
Sail,Sail,
Sail, Sail,
Sail, Sail,
Sail, Sail

Refrain:

Sail away, Sail away, Sail away
Sail away, Sail away, Sail away
Sail away, Sail away, Sail away
Sail away, Sail away

From Bissau to Palau - in the shade of Avalon,
From Fiji to Tiree and the Isles of Ebony,
From Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon,
From Bali to Cali - far beneath the Coral Sea.

Sail, Sail
Sail,Sail,
Sail, Sail,
Sail, Sail,
Sail, Sail

Bridge

Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up adieu. Ohhhh ooooo
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up adieu. Ohhhh ooooo
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up adieu. Ohhhh ooooo

Refrain

From the north to the south, Ebudae into Khartoum,
From the deep sea of clouds to the island of the moon,
Carry me on the waves to the land I've never been,
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.

We can sail, we can sail... with the Orinoco flow
We can sail, we can sail...
Sail away, sail away, sail away.

We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel,
We can sigh, say goodbye Ross and his dependencies
We can sail, we can sail
Sail away , sail away, sail away
We can sail, we can sail
Sail away , sail away, sail away
Sail away , sail away, sail away
Sail away , sail away, sail away
Sail away , sail away, sail away
Sail away,sail away , sail away

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh
Ahhhh

 

[ckay87]

I like Sister Hazel's Sail Away. It's a happy kind of sailing song

 

[fly girl]

Night Boat ~ Duran Duran

 

[mmouse37]

Where the Boat Leaves From - Zac Brown Band
There's a place, where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

Take one part sand, and one part sea, one part shade of banana tree
The drinks they're cold and the raggae is hot
And I know this is the place for me

So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

See the problem is that you're right there
And there's a perfectly good island somewhere
Where a ride that floats and don't grab your coats
You won't need it where we are going

Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

Pick me up
Pick me up
Pick me up

Put me down
Down on the sand where its cool
Put me down
When I fall off my stool
Put me down
I'll just sleep there til morning comes around

With sunshine tanned ladies and piña colodas
and Bob Marley songs that are playing
There's a song in my ear that I want you to hear
Soft tropical lips that are singin

Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

So get away to where the boat leaves from
it takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
but you got to get away to where the

so get away to where the boat leaves from
it takes away all of your big problems
you got worries you could drop them in the blue ocean

[x4]
oooooo pick me up
oooooo pick me up

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Boats - Kenny Chesney
Ol' Joe's got a Boston whaler
He bought in Key Biscane
He swears since the day he's got her
She's been nothing but a pain
When the sun's at his back
And the winds in his face
It's just him and the wheel
He wouldn't take a million for the
Way it makes him feel

Boats
Vessels of freedom
Harbors of heeling
Boats

Newport is where John hung his hat
Til he lost his wife Jo
Now forty feet of sail and teak
Is where Ol' John calls home
He watched his life pass before his eyes
In the middle of a hurricane
Came out alive on the other side
That's where "the other side" got its name

Boats
Vessels of freedom
Harbors of heeling
Boats

Twenty years of a landlocked job
Was all that tom could take
Sitting at his desk
All alone and depressed
Says this just cant be my fate
Went home that night and told his wife
You can tell all of your friends
It's been real but it ain't been fun
Gonna get us one of them

Boats
Vessels of freedom
Harbors of heeling
Boats

Vessels of freedom
Boats

MJ

 

[jimmalru80]

Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride

CSN - Southern Cross, Wooden Ships

Spacehog - Ship Wrecked

And is there any song by Jimmy Buffett that doesn't mention a boat or ship?

 

[Hrhpd]

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale of a fateful trip,
that started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the Skipper brave and sure,
five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour,
a three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
the Minnow would be lost.
The Minnow would be lost.

The ship's aground on the shore of this
uncharted desert isle
with Gilligan,
the Skipper too.
The millionaire and his wife,
the movie star,
the professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.

(Ending verse)
So this is the tale of our castaways,
they're here for a long, long time.
They'll have to make the best of things,
it's an uphill climb.

The first mate and his Skipper too
will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable
in their tropic island nest.

No phone, no lights, no motor car
not a single luxury
like Robinson Crusoe,
it's primitive as can be.

So join us here each week my friends,
you're sure to get a smile,
from seven stranded castaways
here on Gilligan's Isle!

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre
By Bob Dylan

Well, I saw it advertised one day
That the Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way
'Come along and take a trip, we'll bring you up there on a ship
Bring the wife and family, bring the whole kids', yippee

Well, I run right down and bought a ticket
To this thing called the Bear Mountain Picnic
Little did I realize, I was in for a pleasant, funny surprise
It had nothin' to do with picnics
Didn't come close to a mountain, I hate bears

Took the wife and kids down to the pier
There were six thousand people there
Everybody had a ticket for the trip
"Oh well", I said, "It's a pretty big ship
Besides, anyhow, the more the merrier"

Well, we all got on and what do you think
That big old boat started to sink
More people kept a-pilin' on
That old ship was a-goin' down
Funny way to start a picnic

Well, I soon lost track of my kids and wife
So many people I never saw in my life
That old ship was sinkin' down in the water
There were six thousand people tryin' to kill each other

Dogs a-barkin', cats a-screamin',
Women a-yellin', men a-flyin', fists a-flyin', paper flyin'
Cops a-comin', me runnin'
Maybe we just better call off the picnic

I got shoved down and pushed around
All I remember was a moanin' sound
Don't remember one thing more
All I remember's walkin' up on a shore

My arms and legs were broken
My feet was splintered, my head was cracked
I couldn't walk, couldn't talk, smell, feel
Couldn't see, I didn't know where I was
I was bald, quite lucky to be alive though

Well, feelin' like I just climbed outta my casket
I grabbed back hold of my picnic basket
Took the wife and kids and started home
Wishin' I'd never got up that mornin'

Now, I don't care just what you do
If you wanna have a picnic, that's up to you
But don't tell me about it, I don't wanna hear it
'Cause see, I just lost all my picnic spirit

Stay in my kitchen, have picnics
See I got picnic in my bathroom

Now, it don't seem to me quite so funny
What some people are gonna do for money
There's a brand new gimmick every day
Just to take somebody's money away

I think we oughta take some of these people
Put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain for a picnic.

 

[weeniecat2442]

Wooden Ships- Crosby Stills & Nash

If you smile at me, I will understand
'Cause that is something everybody everywhere does
In the same language

I can see by your coat, my friend
You're from the other side
There's just one thing I got to know
Can you tell me please, who won the war ?

Say, can I have some of your purple berries?
Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Probably keep us both alive

Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy
Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline, let us be
Talkin' 'bout very free and easy

Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
We are leaving, you don't need us

Go, take your sister then, by the hand
Lead her away from this foreign land
Far away, where we might laugh again
We are leaving, you don't need us

And it's a fair wind blowin' warm
Out of the south over my shoulder
Guess I'll set a course and go