Five horse power push
in' past the tower
Up to Sausalito through the
Golden Gate
Outboard purring,
screw propeller whirring
Easy on the ears an d we all feel great
Well, we're off, hear the engine cough
All aboard the motorboat,
it looks like fun
Hear the roar, heavy from the shore
Open up the throttle and away
we'll run
And horsepower sound
ing kind of sour
Past the Presidio, up near Alcatraz
Rocks improving, but keep on a -moving
This ain't the place to run out of gas
Well, we're off, hear the engine cough
All aboard the motorboat, it looks like fun
Hear the roar, heading from the shore,
Open up the throttle and
away we'll run.
Twenty -five horse,
roaring past the Air Force,
Hamilton Base and San Pablo Bay,
Navy Highland on Mare Island,
One long swing and
we're back the other way.
Well, we're off,
hear the engine cough,
All aboard the motorboat,
it looks like fun.
Hear the roar, heading from the shore
Open up the throttle and
away we'll run
Fifty horsepower, eighty miles an hour
Spankin' on the waves all
the way to Stinson Beach
Bow raised higher
than a church spire
Just about as high as a bow can reach
Well, we're off, hear the engine cough
All aboard the motorboat, looks like fun
Hear the roar, heading from the shore
Open up the throttle and away we'll run
Outboard motors,
high -speed boaters,
churning up the harbor,
While we sit and cower,
Ain't no one knowing how
high they're going,
Whatever happened to the
one horsepower?
Well, we're off, hear the engine cough,
All aboard the motorboat, it looks like fun.
Hear the roar, heading from the shore,
Open up the throttle and
away we'll run.
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