Bud's Sea-Mint Boat - Kate Campbell

He lived his life a civil service man

Designing toilets for the space program

He believed if we could go to the moon

There’s nothing on earth a man can’t do

So he ordered a ton of sand and clay

In his front yard he built a frame

Most folks said it’ll never float

Still they came to see Bud’s cement boat

A dream is anything that you want it to be

For some it’s fame and fortune but for others concrete

Sometimes you just gotta follow your heart

No matter where it leads

He gave up fishing and most of his friends

Worked all night and every weekend

But he didn’t mind the sacrifice

Cause he’d build a boat that’s one of a kind

Well the neighbors thought it was a real eyesore

They’d say hey Bud what are ya building that for

And knowing they would never understand

He’d just smile and say because I can

Well he got laid off in seventy-four

And they don’t go to the moon anymore

But down around the Alabama coast

She still floats Bud’s Sea-Mint boat