Lyrics

Every morning sees me lowly Every moment moves through clay Every night passes so slowly Sends me back into the day Only all too well I know The one reason it is so My love lives across the ocean Almost half a world away An ocean away, an ocean away My love is an ocean away I tell myself it's only water Although deep and wild and wide And by now I think I thought of All the ways to drain the tide Boil it down to steam and vapour Soak it up with tissue paper For my love is somebody's daughter Born onto the other side An ocean away, an ocean away My love is an ocean away Break it down to tiny cupfuls Mean, old ocean not so fierce Bring them here I'll drink them up Fools say, 'Just stay where you come from' If someone threatens me I'll fight 'em They will live to rue the day But my heart's a fragile item And my love's so far away People they don't understand They think everything's just grand And true love knows no divide Well, that's easy for them to say An ocean away, an ocean away My love is an ocean away An ocean away, an ocean away My love is an ocean away