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On the sixth day of September, two thousand and two
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They set off from shore in their cardboard canoe
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Some said "you must be crazy, to build a cardboard boat
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Do you really think that thing is gonna float?"
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Will it float? Cardboard boat? Do I sound a sour note?
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Will it go down, will they drown? Will they leave a final quote?
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Will they survive as they strive to make it home alive?
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Will it float, cardboard boat? Will it float?
Janelle sat in back while in the front was Beth
And anyone who messed with them would face a painful death
Shoving out to sea at eleven twenty-eight
Heading for their rendezvous with fate
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They dug in with their paddles, the results were amazing
That cardboard boat became an instant cardboard submarine
The top became the bottom as the two girls were thrown free
The engineer peered from the shore and said "Oh! Now I see!"
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It was the Beale regatta, they hold it every year
As Air Force squadrons build a boat then come to race and cheer
Using cardboard and some duct tape just before they drain the pool
On the last day of the summer before school
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Out of all the entries entered from this quiet Air Force base
(That's two, you know) Beth and Janelle came in at second place
Some said they must be crazy, why else would they do it?
But for the honor of the squadron and Major Pruitt
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