Boat Songtext
von Claire Brooks

Ive been missing the keys that move my boat
Tore up the house and all my coats
Pockets of lint and sticky notes

Found a note with the penmanship of my
Interconnected other life
Over protected by design

Shopping list for the garden
God, she′s workin so hard and
Tend to all the flowers
She's been at it for hours


Im here stuck on an island
Tortured by all the silence
Water runs to my feet and catch my toes
Missing the keys to move my boat

Out in the open ended sea
No one to listen when I speak
Cupping my words parentheses

How did she find a pen among the noise
Life full of plasticized toys
All just for dinner with the boys

Shopping list for the garden
God she′s workin so hard and
Tend to all the flowers
She's been at it for hours


Im here stuck on an island
Tortured by all the silence
Water runs to my feet and catch my toes
Missing the keys to move my boat