Galaxie 500 – Tugboat

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I don't wanna stay at your party
I don't wanna talk with your friends
I don't wanna vote for your president
I just wanna be your tugboat captain

It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy

I don't wanna stay at your party
I don't wanna talk to your friends
I don't wanna vote for your president
I just wanna be your tugboat captain

It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to see
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy

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Track duration: 03:57

"Tugboat" as written by Michael Dean Wareham Damon Krukowski

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    General Comment:Wow. This song says so much without having to use a lot of words. It's just enough to give you an idea and lets you fill in the rest.
    Flag hewitcmon April 13, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:A perfect little love song that has inspired at least two generations of indie songwriters since.

    And yes, the "tugboat captain" part is indeed a reference to Sterling Morrison, Dean Wareham's hero and main influence on guitar.
    Flag leamancon March 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:it so weird, I'd always tought this song said "open your presents"instead of "vote for your president". I thought it was a song about a whimsical and possesive character who desesperately craves attention, now I see it as a much more political song.
    Flag elmedioon December 08, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Better lyrics have not been written.
    Flag smallwonderroboton April 10, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song.
    Flag slinkstersarson July 04, 2004   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:Presumably written with Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison is mind - after leaving the VU he become somewhat of an isolationist, pursuing a Ph. D in midevil studies and becoming a tugboat captain. I think the song more generally is about escaping the trivialities of the social world, and reconnecting with life and nature. I think of a tugboat captain as someone who charters the vast, open waters. But then again tugboat captains have a specific destination they are heading to. So a tugboat captain is not entirely a recluse, but maintains just enough of a link to society to know why he no longer wants to be there. This song is then a call to let go of the modern world and return to a more natural, simple way of life.
    Flag tubesockson September 18, 2002   Link

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