Verso 1: Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss It's better my darling, I promise you this The next time I hold you, I'm not letting go Will you wait for me darling, I need to know Verso 2: Well, you know I'm a sailor, tomorrow we sail It's a hard way of living, but I know it well And if I surrender my life to the sea You can marry another, it's alright with me Pré-Refrão: 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 But I will remember you all winter long And when I return to the one that I miss Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss The sweeter the kiss Intervalo: Pré-Refrão: When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green I'll come back from wherever I've been Verso 3: Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss It's better my darling, I promise you this But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go We will give up the ocean forever, I know Forever I know. Intervalo: Oh, the longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss It's better my darling, I promise you this But next time I hold you, I'm not letting go We will give up the ocean forever, I know Forever I know.