Once I built a boat I thought was strong and able
To weather thru the winds out on the sea
I found myself a first mate, I thought she and I could handle
Any storm that time could throw at me
When we set out on the ocean the swells were calm and tame,
But at times the waves came crashing all around
Lord I saw some rough ones but I survived them all the same,
'Till the mutiny of the first mate brought me down
Now I'm stranded on this barstool I've drifted to again
My sunken boat has washed up on the shore
Shipwrecked on that sea of life and battered by the storm,
I don't think I'll be sailing anymore
You see life is just an ocean where many vessels crash,
And the waters have swallowed several souls
And the bars are just the beaches and they catch all the trash,
Way on out from where those big waves roll
So I sit here with my buddies, four shipwrecks in a row,
All of us came floating in tonight
We tell our sailor's stories but down deep we all hope
To find our ship and sail it out of sight
Now I'm stranded on this barstool I've drifted to again
My sunken boat has washed up on the shore
Shipwrecked on that sea of life and battered by the storm,
I don't think I'll be sailing anymore