Verse The storms are on the ocean, on and on they go Searching through the waters, there you might be low And I am so downhearted, never too be well And I am disappointed, the words will never tell The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee Verse The last time that I saw you, you shook my hand goodbye You said it wasn't forever, that would be a lie But death is such an old friend, he holds you in his hand And I am so long waiting to meet you in that land The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be This world may lose its motion if I prove false to thee