Used to wake up bright and early

For an early birds' eye view

Of the straight lines and the circles

That your city fathers drew,

But at night down by the harbor

I would drink Barbados rum

And the light upon the water

Made the shape of things to come

There are dreamboats in the offing

There are brigantines and dhows

There are junks and old slave traders

There are submarines and scows

There are dreamboats in the offing

And the dear knows where they've been

But from where I do my drinking

It looks like they're putting in.