Wish that there were not an ocean Wish there was no time Wish I had a little more With that girl of mine Love's no deeper than an ocean And it fades with passing time But memory gives it life and meaning That can last a whole lifetime Come back, darling I will be here every morning Come back, darling I have only [but to wait?] In so many songs of old Women wait alone Waiting for the one they love Until he comes back home Now I am not a man of ore Nor of the sea trade But in a world of loss and love In that I can relate Come back, darling I will be here every morning Come back, darling I have only [but to wait?]