Come and Go

The sun shines bright in a clear blue sky the waters all alive

Let's take our stand on the stout sea wall and watch these boats roll by

No sweeter sight in all the bay, for no better way to spend your time

So, stop a while and watch and wait and let those hardships lie

But they come and go the days and nights

They come and go, the years gone by

They come and go like the troubles of life

Round the bend where water breaks, they are slanting one by one

Their bows a ripple with the diamond spray, and a flash of the midday sun

Now you'll hear, so sharp and clear their anchors rattling chain

As the boats swing round from their mooring ground, their homeward bound again

But they come and go the days and nights

They come and go, the years gone by

They come and go like the troubles of life

All night they've sailed beneath the glittering stars, by the light of a harvest moon

Deep mysterious depths they've swept , to the chant of a sailor's tune

Now once more they'll bear to shore, whatever their spoils have caught

And swift to quay it's good to see their lustrous loads are bought.

But they come and go the days and nights

They come and go, the years gone by

They come and go like the troubles of life

When life is low and the darkness grows, and tempers are wearing thin

Take yourself to the water's edge and watch the boats come in.

But they come and go the days and nights

They come and go, the years gone by

They come and go like the troubles of life