Lyrics Hamilton Leithauser

Hamilton Leithauser

Cross-Sound Ferry (Walk-on Ticket)

John, I missed you, where ya been?

The boys been askin' about you again

They went out smokin' on the outer deck

In just a moment they'll all come runnin' back

In the winter traffic's thinner

They run the boats but they're few and far between

Oh, see New London Harbor sparklin'

Well, that's goodbye 'cause me and the guys are

Ridin' right back to Greenport, New York

Oh, we're rumbling with the thunderheads

Rollin' on the summer swells

I had enough of my land life

Well, I'll tell you all about it

I would know you anywhere

I would know you anywhere

Ridin' round the carousel

Eyeballs wheeling in your skull

Rollin' on the summer swells

Rumblin' with the thunderheads

"The morning crowds, they came and went"

But I don't hear 'em anymore

But I don't hear 'em anymore

Bodies come and bodies go

Well, my daughters, they have grown

And the rooms are large at home

I wish the days never end

I wish the days never end

I'm apin' the captain's recorded voice

Tappin' a tune on my corduroys

Somethin' to jack up the background noise

Somethin' to jack up the background noise"

I would know you anywhere

I would know you anywhere