"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" engendered some controversy when some thought the song was a veiled attack on the British acting against the invasion by the Argentineans of the Falkland Islands and was removed from radio play lists in the UK. The band denied these allegations: it had actually been recorded in January 1982, months before the Falklands conflict.
Lyrics
When I was a young boy I wanted to sail 'round the world That's the life for me, living on the sea Spirit of a sailor circumnavigates the globe The lust of a pioneer will acknowledge no frontier
I remember you by thunderclap in the sky Lightning flash, tempers flare, 'round the horn if you dare I just spent six months in a leaky boat Lucky just to keep afloat
Aotearoa, rugged individual glisten like a pearl At the bottom of the world The tyrany of distance didn't stop the cavalier So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free
Ah come on all you lads, let's forget and forgive There's a world to explore Tales to tell back on shore I just spent six months in a leaky boat Six months in a leaky boat
Shipwrecked love can be cruel Don't be fooled by her kind There's a wind in my sails, will protect and prevail I just spent six months in a leaky boat Nothing to leaky boat
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