Sailing the House Down River

Words and music: Alvah Allen
Performed by: Alvah Allen (lyrics circa 1990)

Performed by Alvah Allen & Amy Slaughter:

Lyrics:

It starts out just like Fitzcarraldo in
the summer’s end.
Daddy set about hiring
the hired man.
Clear the trees and cut a path down to
the river’s bend.

Oh child, oh children.
Nothing left to do but fade away.
Nothing left to do but fade away.
Nothing left to do but fade away.

Sailing the house down river.
Sailing the house down river.
Sailing the house down river.

We’ve been here since ‘94
4 or before
I can still remember how we spent
Our summers then.

Oh child, oh children.
Nothing left to do but fade away.
Nothing left to do but fade away.
Nothing left to do but fade away.

Sailing the house down river.
Sailing the house down river.
Sailing the house down river.