I Was on a Boat That Day

Old Dominion

I remember it like it was yesterday

’Cause it was

And I was letting the sun and the rum

Just do what it does

I threw my phone in the water

Little push off the dock

She was packing her bags

I was popping a top

Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night

Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life

Was she laughing, was she crying

As she walked away

I can’t say

I was on a boat that day

The river was rolling

I was getting my float on

She was telling me so long

I was already so long gone

She could’ve been halfway

To Houston, but I didn’t care

I was drunk as a skunk eating lunch

With a cross-eyed bear

You been there

She was looking for something

Better than me

I was looking for nothing

Just riding the breeze

Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night

Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life

Was she laughing, was she crying

As she walked away

I can’t say

I was on a boat that day

The river was rolling

I was getting my float on

She was telling me so long

I was already so long gone

I remember it like it was yesterday

’Cause it was

And I still got a buzz

Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night

Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life

Was she laughing, was she crying

As she walked away

I can’t say

I was on a boat that day

The river was rolling

I was getting my float on

She was telling me so long

I was on a boat that day

The river was rolling

I was getting my float on

She was telling me so long

I was on a boat that day

Hey hey hey

I was on a boat that day

Hey hey hey

Review

This track treads familiar lyrical ground for a country song: My girl left me, but I was having too much fun partying to notice or care. It’s sung with enthusiasm, with the rapid fire bridge/chorus transition working particularly well. It’s so catchy that audiences are likely to sing along. Interesting instrumentation choices give it a distinctive flair.