[Verse 1: Smith]
Row, row, row your boat
These riders deep and dark y'know
But right now you me honey
We just gotta row, row row

Through mud, dirt, dust and bones
Raging rivers, highs and lows
Keep your head up high and nice
On the shore, shore, shore

[Pre-Chorus: Smith]
We gotta make some noise
Out of this short life
So I row the boat
Through swamp and tide

And if I reach the coast
Where the tide goes high
I'll grab those oars again

[Chorus: Smith]
Mama, I will row my boat
Far from the mess that you left
Mama I will row no matter what
With shackles and chains 'round my waist

[Hook: Smith & Thell]
You better row
You better row
You better row
You better row
I told myself
You better row
You better row
You better row
You better row
[Verse 2: Smith]
Eenie meenie miney mo'
There's monsters behind every door
But I'm not scared, this time
I'm ready for war, war, war
Even though my hands are tied
I'm gonna row dead or alive
Row, dead or alive

[Pre-Chorus: Smith]
We gotta make some noise
Out of this short life
So I row the boat
Through swamp and tide

And if I reach the coast
Where the tide goes high
I'll grab those oars again

[Chorus: Smith]
Mama, I will row my boat
Far from the mess that you left
Mama I will row no matter what
With shackles and chains 'round my waist

[Hook: Smith & Thell]
You better row
You better row
You better row
You better row
I told myself
You better row
You better row
You better row
You better row
[Chorus]
Mama, I will row my boat
Far from the mess that you left
Mama, I will row no matter what
With shackles and chains 'round my waist

[Hook: Smith & Thell]
You better row (You better row)
You better row
You better row
You better row
I told myself
You better row
You better row
You better row
You better row