Lowering the Boat Down

Sun already burnin' on the rails by ten Kids runnin' barefoot through the yard again Life jackets piled by the back screen door Everybody knowin' what we came here for Boat's been waitin' on the lift all week High and dry above that cove we keep One flip of a switch and the cables sound That's how summer starts when we're lowerin' it down We don't launch a boat we lower it down Right off the lift into our part of town No ramp lines no trailer backin' around Just that motor hum and the water all around From the dock to the day when the sun beats down That's how we've always done it at our house now Ain't no better feelin' when we're all around Than lowerin' the boat down Grandpa's got a cold one set up in the shade Grandma sayin' easy till you pass the buoy Cousins on the roof yellin' wait for me Somebody's already tied a rope to ski Whole lake opens up when that hull hits free Like the whole dang day's been waitin' on me Kids start hollerin' when the stern swings round That's the sound of summer when we lower it down We don't launch a boat we lower it down Right off the lift into our part of town No ramp lines no trailer backin' around Just that motor hum and the water all around From the dock to the day when the sun beats down That's how we've always done it at our house now Ain't no better feelin' when we're all around Than lowerin' the boat down Some folks haul their weekend in from miles away We just drop ours in and roll into the day One more summer comin' up without a sound Starts with that slow winch and the boat goin' down We don't launch a boat we lower it down Right off the lift into our part of town No ramp lines no trailer backin' around Just that motor hum and the water all around Kids all jumpin' in and the sun beatin' down Everybody smilin' when the boat comes down Ain't no better way for this life we found Than lowerin' the boat down