Oh I'm Building a boat to get me out of town    So I'm cutting big tall trees down to the ground   I'm gonna cut em up into bends    With a couple of my friends    We're gonna have her going so fast by the spring, yeah      Oh I'll hand make all the sails blocks and winches   Fasten down the hatches with big brass hinges    And on the deck there will be teak    and it'll never ever leak   We're gonna have her going so fast by the spring       I'm gonna smash a big bottle of champagne across her bow   And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,    It's just a matter of time       Mediterranean water flows across her keel   So fast oh baby you can really feel it    At the helm on the wheel    She's true to the wind    She's so ?good and the sea is so faithful to me       I'm gonna smash a big bottle of champagne across her bow   And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,    It's just a matter of time       When the wild winds wail I'll be setting my sail    Precision and perfection second to none   I ain't never gonna turn around   No I ain't gonna look back   It's my new home in the sun       It's my ship shape, great escape    I'll bring all my Roy Orbison tapes      I'm gonna leave you for her babe it's just a matter of time   I'm gonna leave you for her babe it's just a matter of time    I'm gonna leave you for her babe it's just a matter of time