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 ship comes in

I can wait the years
til 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
that dream need never be
If the ship I sing
doesn't also bring
my own true love to me

If the ship I sing
doesn't also bring
my own true love to me