Buy Me a Little Boat

Verse 1
I don’t need a mansion on a fancy hill,Don’t need a Lambo or a million-dollar grill.I’ve seen rich men cry in marble halls,And poor men laugh with nothing at all.I’ve slept in tents with rockets overhead,Made a pillow outta my own flak vest.Now all I want is a day on the lake,Where my shoulders finally lose that ache.
Verse 2
Give me a jon boat, old and scratched,Little outboard motor barely attached.Cooler full of cheap beer, tackle box light,Dog in the bow, tail wagging right.No phone signal, no breaking news,No one asking what I think or choose.Just ripples, sunshine, bait and line—Healing one cast at a time.
Pre-Chorus
Call it simple, call it small—But it sounds like heaven, that’s all.
Chorus
Buy me a little boat,Nothing fancy, just something that floats.Let me drift where the world can’t reach,Trading all this noise for a quiet beach.I don’t need gold, don’t need a throne—Just a patch of water I can call my own.Yeah, buy me a little boat,So I can learn to let go.
Bridge
After all the waves I didn’t choose,I’d like a few I can calmly cruise.

* Instruments: Acoustic, banjo, light electric, brushed drums, subtle organ