“I Cover the Waterfront” by Johnny Green & Edward Heyman

(as performed by Mel Torme)

Away from the city, the 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 ---

Will the dawn coming on make it last?

I cover the waterfront,

I’m watching the sea;

Will the one that I love

Be coming back to me?

I cover the waterfront,

In search of my love,

And I’m covered by a

Deep blue sky above.

Here am I, patiently waiting,

Hoping and longing – oh, ho9w I yearn!

Where are you? Are you forgetting?

Do you remember? Will you return?

I cover the waterfront,

I’m watching the sea,

‘Cause the one that I love

Will soon come back to me.