i ve been workin all week i can hardly wait i got a houseboat rented down on the lake my pickup s gassed up and loaded up and ready to go i put out the word to all my good time friends we re meeting at the dock that s where the party begins be there or be square come along anything goes yeah bon voyage tonight we re gonna rock the boat yeah we re gonna motor out drop anchor in the middle drag out the guitars and tune up the fiddles have loads of fun be lucky if she stays afloat yeah we ll be makin waves tonight we re gonna rock the boat well i can see us all now by the light of the moon one big party on two pontoons flip flops tank tops bikinis and no dress code we ll be surrounded by acres of swimming pool wall to wall coolers and barbecue inboards outboards overboard throw me a rope come one come all tonight we re gonna rock the boat yeah we re gonna motor out drop anchor in the middle drag out the guitars and tune up the fiddles have loads of fun be lucky if she stays afloat yeah we ll be makin waves tonight we re gonna rock the boat yeah we re gonna motor out drop anchor in the middle drag out the guitars and tune up the fiddles have loads of fun be lucky if she stays afloat yeah we ll be makin waves tonight we re gonna rock the boat come one come all tonight we re gonna rock that boat 