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You Always Miss the Boat

by Martin Cassini

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A (funny?) song about missed opportunities

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The train is bang on time, ready to depart
You forgot your ticket, an inauspicious start
Clutching your belongings, you're running for the gate
Someone blows a whistle, and the guard he says, "Too late, mate!"
So you watch the train depart and stand their on your tod
Missed the flaming train again, you're such a silly sausage!

The clock's always against you, it kinda gets your goat
Luck runs through your fingers, you always miss the boat
Count on you, to miss the bo-o-o-o-oat!

The boat is at the dockside, you're running out of time
You break into a sweat as you hear a church bell chime
Did you pack your passport, you wonder as you run
You're counting down the seconds, 5-4-3-2-1
You make it to the dockside, the boat is pulling out
Now your day's in tatters, it's really up the spout!

The clock's always against you, it kinda gets your goat
Luck runs through your fingers, you always miss the boat
Count on you, to miss the bo-o-o-o-oat!

Do people disconcert you, or seem to speak in Norse?
I don't know why you do it, put the cart before the horse
All around you people seem to keep their heads while you
Lose your head in daydreams, faff around without a clue
In work you are creative, but men betray your trust
In love you are rhapsodic, but prone to wanderlust
Always the bridesmaid and never quite the bride
Once you were a winner, now you're on the losing side

The clock's always against you, it kinda gets your goat
Luck runs through your fingers, you always miss the boat
Count on you, to miss the bo-o-o-o-oat
Yeah count on you to miss the bo-o-o-oat!

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released October 16, 2023
Written in 2016. PRS tunecode: 266188CS
Words, music, guitar, vocal: Martin Cassini
Guitar, bass guitar, recording: Sam Dowden

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Since discovering Bob Dylan (met in 1988), I've often thought that by combining words and music, songwriting is the supreme art form. Among my favourite songs: Chimes of Freedom (Dylan), If you Leave Me Now (Brel), You Never Give me your Money (McCartney), Young Hearts Run Free (Crawford), Chattanoogo Choo Choo (Warren/ Gordon) ... too many to mention. These are a few minor efforts of my own ... more

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