A hopeful song from a child’s respective, as he dreams of having a boat, riding a pony (which becomes Roy Rogers' horse Trigger), and becoming lightning.
[Chorus]
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
I said, me upon my pony on my boat
[Verse 1]
Now if I were Roy Rogers
I'd sure enough be single
I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
Well, it'd just be me and Trigger
We'd go riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
[Chorus]
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
I said, me upon my pony on my boat
[Verse 2]
Now the mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said, "Kemosabe
Kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm going out to sea"
[Chorus]
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
I said, me upon my pony on my boat
[Verse 3]
And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
Well, I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
And scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
[Chorus]
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
I said, me upon my pony on my boat
I said, me upon my pony on my boat
If I Had a Boat was written by Lyle Lovett.
If I Had a Boat was produced by Lyle Lovett & Tony Brown.
Lyle Lovett released If I Had a Boat on Thu Jan 01 1987.