My Love Is An Ocean Away

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