You don't pay the rent You don't know how it feels To be one step from poverty But when I'm alone I smile to myself Though the room is draped in shadow And I draw with the sun 'Cos in the night, colours run And this fight had hardly begun Now it's over And I am the boat No one upon me floats
And I am the tree Nothing grows under me I draw with the sun 'Cos in the night, colours run And this life had hardly begun Now it's over And I wait in the rain As you leave on your train It's so long till we meet again And I'll miss you And I'll haunt you But I am the boat I am the boat