My ship has sails that are made of silk
The decks are trimmed with gold
And of jam and spice there’s a paradise in the hold.

My ship's aglow with a million pearls
And rubies fill each bin;
The sun sits high in a sapphire sky
When my skip comes in.

I can wait the years
'till it appears
One fine day, one spring.
But the pearls and such
They won’t mean much
If there’s missing just one thing.

I do not care if that day arrives
My dream need never be
If the ship I’m seeing doesn’t also bring
My own true love to me.

I can wait the years
'till it appears
One fine day, one spring.
But the pearls and such
They won’t mean much
If there’s missing just one thing.

I do not care if that day arrives
My dream need never be
If the ship I’m seeing doesn’t also bring
My own true love to me.

If the ship I’m seeing doesn’t also bring
My own true love to me.