Two Coins for the Boatman (Prodigal Son)
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Story behind the song
A creative twist on a popular parable.
Lyrics
My bags are packed, my bills ain't paid, but I've got a destination
I'm out the door, I'm on my way, but you don't know I'm leaving yet
When you wake up and you find me gone, know I wished you well
I doubt I'll see you again, but until then...
I left my life on the eastern coast for a carnival of worlds unknown
The promised land was calling me
Goodbye Lady Liberty
I left my life on the eastern coast on a pile of sticks they call a boat
Got no place to call a home, just two coins for the boatman
Well, they docked the boat, yelled "Abandon Ship" and they all went home
Here's to the life that I once knew that now is gone
and I wonder
Was it really you I left behind when
I left my life on the eastern coast for a carnival of worlds unknown
The promised land was calling me
Goodbye Lady Liberty
I left my life on the eastern coast on a pile of sticks they call a boat
Got no place to call a home, just two coins for the boatman
It's been one long day of sun and one dark night without you, Marie
Oh, and a maiden fair I swear was you, she tempted me
A man astray, bound to a life that's not his own
I think I'll grab my son and find the next boat that's headed home
'Cause I left my life on the eastern coast for a carnival of worlds unknown
The promised land was calling me
Goodbye Lady Liberty
I left my life on the eastern coast on a pile of sticks they call a boat
Got no place to call a home, just two coins for the boatman
Two coins for the boatman...the boatman...
