The storms are on the ocean
on and on they go
searching through the waters
where you might be low

and I am so downhearted
never to 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 am false to you

the last time that I saw you
you shook my hand goodbye
you said it wasn't forever
that would be a lie
but that was such an old friend
he holds you in his hands
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 were false to thee