This would be a good place to put this similarly-titled song:


SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
Written by John Prine, Bobby Whitlock, & Linda Whitlock
As recorded by John Prine on “Aimless Love” (1984)

[A] Let's take a slow boat to China,
Leave from South Carolina.
Let's take our time and go the long way.
On a junk boat to Thailand
With your hand in my hand,
We’ll sure hope we got something to say.

[B] Well, this old boat's got no sail,
So won't you please hold our mail
For a while?
Thanks anyway, pal,
But the Suez Canal
Ain't our style.

[A] Let's take a slow boat to China
And maybe we'll find a
New way to play those same old games.
The stars just might show us,
And the captain will know us,
Shake our hands and call us by our first names.

[B] Send a postcard to Grandpa
Of a vase or rickshaw;
He don't care.
We'll buy Mom a kimono
Or maybe we'll just phone her
When we're there.

[A] INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

[B] We'll drink sake at night
Beneath the soft harbor lights
On the bay.
We'll build a house on the hill
Next to Shangri-La Bill
And we'll stay.

[DUET] Let's take that slow boat to China, (Let's go)
Slow boat to China, (Real slow.)
Slow boat to China, (Let's go)
Slow boat to China. (Real slow.)
Let's go
Real slow.
Let's go
Real slow.
Let's go
Real slow.

[REPEAT DUET AND FADE.]