Released: June 13, 2004

Featuring: Alan Jackson

Songwriter: Verlon Thompson Guy Clark

Producer: Michael Utley Mac McAnally

(Jimmy)
It's time for a change
I'm tired of that same ol same
The same ol words the same ol lines
The same ol tricks and the same ol rhymes

(Alan)
Days precious days
Roll in and out like waves
I got boards to bend I got planks to nail
I got charts to make I got seas to sail

(Chorus)
I'm gonna build me a boat
With these two hands
It'll be a fair curve
From a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
Cause I've got boats to build

(Jimmy and Alan)
Sails are just like wings
The wind can make em sing
Songs of life songs of hope
Songs to keep your dreams afloat

(Chorus)
I'm gonna build me a boat
With these two hands
It'll be a fair curve
From a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
Cause I've got boats to build

(Jimmy and Alan)
Shores distant shores
There's where I'm headed for
I Got the stars to guide my way
Sail into the light of day

(Chorus) x2
I'm gonna build me a boat
With these two hands
It'll be a fair curve
From a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will

(Jimmy and Alan)
Cause I've got boats to build

(Alan)
I've got boats to build
(Jimmy)
I've got boats to build

Jimmy Buffett

James William Buffett (25 December 1946 -) was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a country singer, and signed his first record contract in 1970.

After two early solo album failures, Buffet moved to Key West in the early 1970s. He got another album deal with ABC-Dunhill, who published A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean in 1973. The album was a hit and Buffet’s laid-back performance style drew fans, lots of them dressed in Hawaiian shirts, calling themselves “Parrotheads.”

Buffet describes his music as “Gulf and Western”, a blend of the country & western and folk rock he grew up with, flavored with the themes of the Gulf coast. It’s served him well over the years, resulting in over two dozen albums, and continues to record and tour. He’s also published three No. best selling books.