I Cover The Waterfront - Live (1947/Carnegie Hall) by Billie Holiday
Time: 02:58
Track #16 of disk 1 from the album The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959.
Written by: GREEN, JOHNNY / HEYMAN, EDWARD
Published by: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics
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
An 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
