Well, we knew we missed the boat And we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite We just dance at our wake All our favorites were playing So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Tiny curtain's open, and we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny man would tell a little joke, and get a tiny laugh from all the folks Missed The Boat Lyrics. We've found 143 lyrics, 6 artists, and 50 albums matching Missed the Boat. shake, shake, shake! Well we knew we missed the boat and we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite we just danced at our own wake All our favorites were playing so we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks Lyrics.com » Search results for 'Missed the Boat' Yee yee! A portion … Well we knew we'd miss the boat And we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite We just danced at our own wake All our favorites were playin So we could shake, shake! Artist: Modest Mouse Album: We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. Song: Missed the boat Artist: Modest Mouse Album: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Info: This is an acoustic chord rendition of the song. LyricMerch provides licensed lyric merchandise. Well we knew we missed the boat And we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite We just dance at our wake All our favorites were playing So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks while we're on the subject, could we change the subject now i was knocking on your ear's door but you were always out looking towards the future we were begging for the past Tiny curtains opened then we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks I'm not entirely sure about the A's and F#m's in the choruses (or if there are even any F#m's at all!). This is a women's t-shirt with the lyrics from the song "Missed The Boat", written by Eric Judy / Isaac Brock / Jeremiah Green / Joe Plummer / Johnny Marr / Tom Peloso as performed by Modest Mouse. Missed the Boat (album version) Lyrics: While we're on the subject could we change the subject now? Well, we knew we'd missed the boat And we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite We just danced at our own wake All our favorites were playing So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Tiny curtains open And we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny man would tell a little joke And get a tiny laugh from all the folks