Oh the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss
It's better my darlin' I promise you this
Next time I hold you I'm not letting go
Will you wait for me darlin' I need to know

Well you know I'm a sailor and tomorrow we sail
It's a hard way of livin' but I know it well
And if I surrender my life to the sea
You can marry another that's alright with me.

Though we won't be together again 'til the spring
Just imagine the treasures I'll bring
Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I'll be gone
I will remember you all long
And when I return to the one that I miss
Oh the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss
The sweeter the kiss

When the mornings are warm and the valleys are grey
I'll come back from wherever I've been
Oh the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss
It's better my darlin' I promise you this
The next time I hold you I'm not letting go
I will give up the ocean forever I know
Forever I know

Oh the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss
It's better my darlin' I promise you this
The next time I hold you I'm not letting go
I will give up the ocean forever I know
Forever I know