Let's take a slow boat to China. Leave from South Carolina
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Let's take our time and go the long way
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On a junk boat to Thailand with your hand in mine hand
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I sure hope we got something to say
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Well, this old boat's go no sail so won't you please hold our mail-
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For awhile
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Thanks anyway pal but the Suez Canal -
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Ain't our style
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Let's take a slow boat to China and maybe we'll find a
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New way to play those same old games
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The stars just might show us and the captain will know us
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Shake our hands and call us by our first names
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We'll send a postcard to Grandpa of a vase or rickshaw-
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He don't care
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We'll buy Mom a kimono or maybe we'll just phone her -
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When we're there
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We'll drink sake at night beneath the soft harbor lights-
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On the bay
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We'll build house on the hill next to Shangri-Li Bill -
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And we'll stay
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Let's take that slow boat to China (Let's go)
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Slow boat to China (Real Slow)
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Slow boat to China (Let's go)
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Slow boat to China (Real Slow)
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Let's go Real Slow
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Slow Boat To China
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| John Prine |
