100 Songs of Summer #52 “If I Had a Boat” by Lyle Lovett

By Top 100 Songs of Summer

1 minute 07/14/2013

Sailing If I Had a Boat — crlbvi/Flickr Creative Commons

In honor of Texas troubadour Lyle Lovett’s stop in Westhampton Beach, our Top 100 Songs of Summer Countdown continues with a song that could have been written with the East End in mind.

Hamptons 100 Songs of Summer #52

“If I Had a Boat” by Lyle Lovett

The 1988 album Pontiac may be the best this multi-Grammy winner has ever recorded, and the most enduring single is without question this poetic offering. Whether they express the recollections of a man looking back at hopes of a more innocent time or reveal the one-day-I’ll-pack-up-and-light-out dreams of a hopeful romantic, the lyrics capture the freedom inherent in simply setting sail.

If I had a boat

I’d go out on the ocean

And if I had a pony

I’d ride him on my boat

And we could all together

Go out on the ocean

Me upon my pony on my boat