Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang, "Sail to me, sail to me -
Let me enfold you.
Here I am, here I am - waiting to hold you."
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not,
Come back tomorrow."
O my heart, o my heart shies from the sorrow
I'm as puzzled as the newborn child
I'm as riddled as the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death, my bride?
Hear me sing, "Swim to me, swim to me -
Let me enfold you.
Here I am, here I am - waiting to hold you."