They bought a round for the sailor
and they heard his tale
of a world that was so far away,
and a song that we'd never heard
a song of a little bird
that fell in love with a whale.
He said: you cannot live in the ocean,
and she said to him: You never can live in the sky.
But the ocean is filled with tears
and the sea turns into a mirror
and there's a whale in the moon when it's clear
and a bird on the tide.
Please don't cry
Let me dry your eyes.
So tell me that you will wait for me,
hold me in your arms,
I promise we never will part.
I'll never sail back to the time
but I'll always pretend that you're mine,
though I know that we both must part
you can live in my heart.
