On A Slow Boat To China

by Jimmy Buffett

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Lyrics

Frank Loesser

I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone

Get you and keep you

In my arms ever more

Leave all your lovers

Weepin' on a far away shore

Out on the briny

With the moon big and shiny

Melting your heart of stone

Honey I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All by myself alone

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I'd love to get ya

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone

A twist in the rudder

And a rip in the sails

Drifting and dreamin'

Honey throw the compass over the rail

Out on the ocean

Far from all the commotion

Melting your heart of stone

Honey I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone.