Down on the waterfront   In the haze of the neon lights   Kathleen's staring into the mirror   Like she's looking back into her life   There isn't one thing she wouldn't give   Just to get up and sail away   Everyone's chasing their own special dream   Everyone's trying to escape      Kathleen, there'll come a time   There's a light on the water   Gonna sail out tonight   The fog's rollin' in   You can hear the horn blow   Your ship's coming in   From the Barbary Coast      Maybe there'll come a time   When the strife and the fighting will end   And Kathleen's sailing into the harbor   To pick up the pieces again   Whispering voices out on the wind   That drift through the night on the Bay   Everyone's chasing their own special dream   Everyone's trying to escape      Kathleen, there'll come a time   There's a light on the water   Gonna sail out tonight   The fog's rollin' in   You can hear the horn blow   Your ship's coming in   From the Barbary Coast