I Cover the Waterfront - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra

Away from the city that hurts and knocks

I’m standing alone by the desolate docks

In the still and the chill of the night

I see the horizon, the great unknown

My heart has an ache

It’s as heavy as stone

With the dawn coming on;

make it last

I cover the waterfront

I’m watching the sea

Will the one I love

Be coming back to me?

I cover the waterfront

In search of my love

And I’m covered

By a starlit-sky above

Here am I

Patiently waiting

Hoping and longing

Oh, how I yearn

Where are you?

Have you thought back time?

Will you remember?

Will you return?

Will the one I love

Be coming back

To me?