Southwest Floatage - MP3

Ah, for just one time I would float Muskegan River
and hold the hand of Franklin while his lips are turning blue
Pulling one thin line for the drinks inside the cooler,
to spice up conversation on the tube

Westward getting David straight, his eyes still glazed and wide
We rode the currant lazily and happily imbibed
With Cuervo Gold and stories, resting on our weathered bones,
scraping across the river bottom stones

Ah, for just one time I would float Muskegan River
and hold the hand of Franklin while his lips are turning blue
Pulling one thin line for the drinks inside the cooler,
to spice up conversation on the tube

Three full hours thereafter we come up to the land,
in the slipstream of Brave Roland and the smiles of fair Diane
Watching Sears bridge rise before us and behind us sink again,
the slowest tubers crashing all the bends

Ah, for just one time I would float Muskegan River
and hold the hand of Franklin while his lips are turning blue
Pulling one thin line for the drinks inside the cooler,
to spice up conversation on the tube

And through the trip inside the tubes, the party floating West,
we think upon McHenney, Margo, David and the rest
Where Kruger cracked through log jams and thus made a path for me,
we slapped mosquitoes biting at our knees

Ah, for just one time I would float Muskegan River
and hold the hand of Franklin while his lips are turning blue
Pulling one thin line for the drinks inside the cooler,
to spice up conversation on the tube

How come I feel so different when I first stand up and sway
wishing that the throbbing in my head would go away
This wondrous southwest passage at the campground where it ends
We find there but the road back home again.

Ah, for just one time I would float Muskegan River
and hold the hand of Franklin while his lips are turning blue
Pulling one thin line for the drinks inside the cooler,
to spice up conversation on the tube

by Richard Bandlow & Stephen Goodfellow 2006