Rock my boat, a blues song (1980)

Your image like a phantom lingers
ever since you left my sight;
A cold despair now locks my fingers,
ah! stalking spectre, stifling night.

I imagine your scream, your silent shuffle,
your mild existence, faint and feeble being,
Your voice, by nature dim and muffled;
You meet my reaching hand by bashful fleeing.

You ask me do I love you, I ask you can I choose?
Such feelings cause me pain, a choking noose
I beg for my release, this agony to end
Please don’t rock my boat again.

How did life become so ruffled?

You ask me do I love you, I ask you can I choose?
Such feelings cause me pain, a choking noose
I sail towards this haven, a sanctuary shore
So please don’t rock my boat no more.