I Cover the Waterfront

I cover the waterfront

Watching the sea

I cover the waterfront

I could see the ships coming in to the harbor

I could see the people getting off board

I could not see my love got off board

I cover the waterfront

An after a while

All the ships left the harbor

Heading for their next destination

I cover the waterfront

I waited all night long

In the pouring rain

Searching for my baby

I was drinking black coffee from a paper cup

And smoking 40 cigarettes, yeah

And when the sun in the sky

Came up early in the morning

I said, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord Lord, bring may baby back

Bring my baby back

I still cover the waterfront[Verse 3: John Lee Hooker]

I cover the waterfront

Watching for my baby to come down

And after a while

I saw a ship coming down the ocean

Out of the fog

Rolling so, so, so slow

Must be my baby coming down

I cover the waterfront

And I saw my baby

Coming down, coming down the gangway

I said from the bottom of my heart

Thank you Lord for bringing my baby back home to me

I been so lonely, sitting in my room, by my telephone

Said baby, welcome back home!

Welcome back home!

After a while

The ship pulled in to the harbor

And she’d run run run to my arms

Said Johnny, I been waiting so long, so long

To come down

I know, I know, you’ll be waiting for me

Covering this old waterfront

Covering the waterfront

For me, me, me, me