Lyrics

Ellie was forever on the wharf she knew the ships by name Painted them so many times she saw them in her dreams Painted them so many times she couldn't help but see them in her dreams Out on the horizon they were dots they all looked the same That far out they're no more than a flicker of a hope That far out they're no more than a flicker of a disappearing hope Elliе was a stranger when we mеt and she's a stranger still Wed to me in spirit if not in the eyes of god Wed to watching ships roll in and wondering if I'll come strolling off Oh will you wait for me oh will you wait for me Ellie on the wharf 'Cos I'll still be yours when I come back from the war Ellie is forever on a wharf in a fever dream I see her there in silhouette a whisper of a girl There she is in silhouette a half-forgotten whisper of a girl Oh will you wait for me oh will you wait for me Ellie on the wharf 'Cos I'll still be yours when I come back from the war Yeah I'll still be yours if I come back from the war