Rockin' Chair

Hang around, Willie boy

Don't you raise the sails anymore

It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea

And I'm pushin' age seventy-three

Now there's only one place that was meant for me

Oh, to be home again, down in old Virginny

With my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie

We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years

We're gonna put away all of our tears

That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

Slow down, Willie boy

Your heart's gonna give right out on you

It's true, and I believe I know what we should do

Turn the stern and point to shore

These seven seas won't carry us no more

Oh, to be home again, down in old Virginny

With my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie

I can't wait to sniff that air

Dip that snuff, I won't have no care

That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

Hear the sound, Willie boy

The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef

It's my belief we used up all our time

This hill's to steep to climb

And the days that remain ain't worth a dime

Oh, to be home again, down in old Virginny

With my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie

Would have been nice just to see the folks

Listen once again to the stale old jokes

That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

I can hear something callin' on me

(And you know where I wanna be)

Oh, Willie, don't you hear that sound?

I just wanna get my feet back on the ground

I'd love to see my very best friend

I believe old rockin' chair's got me