"I Cover the Waterfront" — Heyman and Green's vigil.
Writer(s): comden/green/styne
I cover the waterfront
Im watching the sea
Will the one I love be coming back to me?
I cover the waterfront
In search of my love
And Im covered by a starless 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
Im watching the sea
For the one I love must soon come back to me
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- Written by Edward Heyman and Johnny Green in 1933, based on Max Miller's book. The person waiting at the docks for someone who may never return — the waterfront as a place of perpetual, unanswered hoping.