12. The Same Boat, Brother - Tim O'Brien

The Same Boat, Brother
Songwriters : Yip Harburg and Earl Robinson
WC Music Corp OBO Glocca Morra Music.


Oh the Lord looked down from his holy place
Said Lordy me what a sea of space
What a spot to launch the human race
So he built him a boat with a mixed up crew
With eyes of black and brown and blue
And that’s how come that you and I
Got just one world with just one sky

We’re in the same boat brother
Yes it’s the same boat brother
If you shake one end you’re gonna rock the other
It’s the same boat brother

Oh the boat rolled on through storm and grief
Past many a rock and many a reef
What kept them going was a great belief
They had to learn to navigate
‘Cause the human race was special freight
If we didn’t wanna be in Johah’s shoes
We’d better be mates on this here cruise

We’re in the same boat brother
It’s the same boat brother
If you shake one end you’re gonna rock the other
It’s the same boat brother

When the boilers blew somewhere in Spain
The keel was smashed in the far Ukraine
And the steam poured out from Oregon to Maine
It took some time for the crew to learn
What’s bad for the bow ain’t good for the stern
If a hatch takes fire in China Bay
Pearl Harbor’s deck’s gonna blaze away

‘Cause it’s the same boat brother, It’s the same boat brother
If you shake one end you’re gonna rock the other, It’s the same boat brother