[Verse 1]
Oh the Lord looked down from his holy place
Said Lordy me, what a sea of space
What a spot to launch the human race
So he built him a boat for a mixed-up crew,
With eyes of black and brown and blue.
And thatâs how come that you and I
Got just one world and just one sky.
[Chorus]
Weâre in the same boat brother,
Yes it s the same boat brother,
And if you shake one end, you re gonna rock the other
Itâs the same boat brother
[Verse 2]
Oh the boat rolled on through storm and grief,
Past many a rock and many a reef,
What keep them going was a great belief
That they had to learn to navigate
Cause the human race was special freight
If they didnât want to be in Jonahâs shoes,
We d better be mates on this here cruise.
[Chorus]
Cause it s the same boat brother,
Yes it s the same boat brother,
And if you shake one end, you re gonna rock the other
Itâs the same boat brother
[Verse 3]
When a boiler blew somewhere in Spain,
The keel was smashed in the far Ukraine
And the steam poured out from Oregon to Maine
Oh, it took some time for the crew to learn
What s bad for the bow ainât good for the stern.
If a hatch takes fire in China Bay,
Pearl Harbor s deck s gonna blaze away.
[Chorus]
Cause it s the same boat brother,
Yes it s the same boat brother,
And if you shake one end, you re gonna rock the other
Itâs the same boat brother
Weâre in the same boat brother,
Yes it s the same boat brother,
And we must live with each other
In the same boat,
The very same boat brother