Moonboat

Moonboat
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1989 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Now the Sungirl, the golden Sungirl,
Snuggles in the blanket of the night.
Look, the Moonboat, the silver Moonboat,
Rises through the trees
Like a bubble on the breeze
And comes about when we turn out the light.
Sail the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat
Through the starry sky.
Sail the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat.
Watch the world go by.

Up the gangplank we’ll steal aboard her.
You’re the lookout climbing up the mast.
See the Dogstar, and there’s the Great Bear.
Stars are everywhere, the wind is in your hair.
Kiss the clouds as they go rolling past.
Sail the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat
Through the starry sky.
Sail the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat.
Watch the world go by.

Far below the street lamps glow
Like candles on a cake.
Me and you and the Moonboat crew
Are the only ones awake.

Then the Captain comes on the foredeck
In pajamas that are fire engine red.
“You’ve been a fine team,
So here’s a moonbeam.”
Then he throws us o’er the side
Into the starry tide.
We float and tumble down into our bed
While the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat
Sails the starry sky.
Dream the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat
As the night goes by.
Sail the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat
Through the starry sky.
Sail the Moonboat, Moonboat, Moonboat.
Watch the world go by.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Moonboat CD.

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