“Slow Boat To China” by John Prine Bobby Whitlock and Linda Whitlock [Introduction] [Verse] 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 mine hand Well I sure hope we got something to say This old boat’s got no sail so won’t you please hold our mail for awhile Thanks anyway pal but the Suez Canal Ain’t our style [Verse] 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 We’ll 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 [Instrumental] [Verse] We’ll drink sake at night beneath the soft harbor lights on the bay We’ll build house on the hill next to Shangri-La Bill and we’ll stay [Outro] Let’s take that slow boat to China Slow boat to China Slow boat to China Slow boat to China Let’s go real slow