My ship has sails that are made of silk
The decks are trimmed with gold
And of jam and spice
There's a paradise in the hold
My ship's aglow with a million pearls

And rubies fill each bin
The sun sits high in a sapphire sky
When my ship comes in

I can wait the years till it appears
One fine day one spring
But the pearls and such
They don't mean much

If there's missing just one thing
I do not care if that day arrives
That dream need never be

If the ship I sing
Doesn't also bring
My own true love to me