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