Shriekback - Load the Boat lyrics

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 d**h 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]