Track Insight / Lyrics
Red tugboat coughs beside the pier
Diesel shakes the windows clear
Salt upon my jacket sleeve
Five AM and none to leave
I hear the gulls beneath the crane
Wake the workers slow from rain
Chrome reflections ripple wide
City lights divide the tide
Little red boat, pull me home
Leave the sleeping waterfront alone
If the morning turns me gold
I will answer with the bell
Little red boat, pull me home
Rope coils warm beneath my hand
Cold coffee in a metal can
Mist climbs slow across the bay
As the skyline fades to day
Little red boat, pull me home
Leave the sleeping waterfront alone
If the morning turns me gold
I will answer with the bell
Little red boat, pull me home
And if the sky should lose its blue
I will steer the night right through
Past the buoys and darkened shoal
With your lantern steady gold
Bridge of iron stands in line
Sleeping windows hum like mine
Every wheel leaves one white wake
Every quiet hour it makes
Push the shoreline from my sight
Make the harbor lose its light
Still I feel the harbor call
Like a hymn before the wall
Little red boat, pull me home
Leave the sleeping waterfront alone
If the morning turns me gold
I will answer loud and bold
Little red boat, pull me home
Over black and shining sea
Red tugboat carries me
Dawn is breaking, rising, wide
I will meet the morning tide
