John Prine — Slow Boat to China

Let's take a slow boat to China Leave from South Carolina Let's take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to Thailand With your hand in my hand I sure hope we got something to say This old boat's got no sail So won't you please hold the mail for awhile? Thanks anyway, pal But the Suez Canal ain't our style Let's take a slow boat to China And maybe we'll find a New way to play those same old games The stars just might show us And the captain will know us Shake our hands and call us by our first names Send a postcard to Grandpa Of a vase or rickshaw, he don't care We'll buy Mom a kimono Or maybe we'll just phone her when we're there We'll drink sake at night Beneath the soft harbor lights on the bay We'll build a house on a hill Next to Shangri-La Bill and we'll stay Let's take that slow boat to China (let's go) Slow boat to China (real slow) Slow boat to China (let's go) Slow boat to China (real slow) Let's go real slow Let's go real slow Let's go real slow Slow boat to China Slow boat to China Slow boat to China