Lifeboat

[Heather McNamara]
I float in a boat
In a raging black ocean
Low in the water
And nowhere to go

The tiniest lifeboat
With people I know

Cold, clammy, and crowded
The people smell desperate
We'll sink any minute
So someone must go

The tiniest lifeboat
With the people I know

Everyone's pushing
Everyone's fighting
Storms are approaching
There's nowhere to hide

If I say the wrong thing
Or I wear the wrong outfit
They'll throw me right over the side

I'm hugging my knees
And the captain is pointing
Well, who made her captain?
Still, the weakest must go

The tiniest lifeboat
Full of people I know
The tiniest lifeboat
Full of people I know