Billie Holiday
"I Cover the Waterfront"

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?
are you forgetting?
do you remember?
will you return?

I cover the waterfront
I’m watching the sea
for the one I love
must soon come back
to me

for the one I love
must soon come back
to me