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Billie Holiday - I Cover The Waterfront
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Song Lyrics
Away from the city that hurts and mocks I’m standing alone by the desolate docks. In the still and the chill of the night. I see the horizon, the great unknown. My heart has an ache it says heavy stone. Will the dawn come along and make it light? I cover the waterfront; I`m watching the sea. Will the one I love be coming back to me? I cover the waterfront; In search of my love, and I`m covered by a starlit sky above Here am I patiently waiting, hoping and longing Oh, how I yearn! Where are you? Areyou forgetting? Doyou remember? Will you return? I cover the waterfront I`m watching the sea For the one I love must soon come back to me. For the one I love must soon come back to me.
Film and TV Credits
The song "I Cover The Waterfront" appears on the soundtrack of the following movies and TV shows:
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Release History
The Billie Holiday song "I Cover The Waterfront" appears on the following albums:
Your Mother's Son-In-Law
(2:45)
RIFFIN' THE SCOTCH
(2:32)
I WISHED ON THE MOON
(3:04)
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
(2:53)
MISS BROWN TO YOU
(2:57)
A Sunbonnet Blue (And A Yellow Straw Hat)
(2:48)
WHAT A NIGHT, WHAT A MOON, WHAT A GIRL
(2:51)
I'M PAINTING THE TOWN RED
(3:00)
It's Too Hot For Words
(2:49)
Twenty - Four Hours A Day
(3:01)
YANKEE DOODLE NEVER WENT TO TOWN
(2:46)
Eeny Meeney Miney Moo
(3:14)
IF YOU WERE MINE
(3:11)
THESE 'N' THAT 'N' THOSE
(3:14)
YOU LET ME DOWN
(2:55)
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
(2:53)
LIFE BEGINS WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE
(3:02)
It's Like Reaching For The Moon
(3:19)
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
(3:08)
I CRIED FOR YOU
(3:19)
GUESS WHO?
(3:08)
DID I REMEMBER?
(2:41)
NO REGRETS
(2:38)
Summertime
(2:49)
Billie's Blues
(3:30)
A Fine Romance
(2:52)
I CAN'T PRETEND
(3:02)
ONE, TWO, BUTTON YOUR SHOE
(2:36)
Let's Call A Heart A Heart
(3:01)
EASY TO LOVE
(3:11)
WITH THEE I SWING
(3:16)
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
(3:01)
WHO LOVES YOU?
(2:58)
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
(3:15)
That's Life I Guess
(3:08)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(3:31)
ONE NEVER KNOWS, DOES ONE?
(3:02)
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
(3:01)
IF MY HEART COULD ONLY TALK
(3:04)
PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR DREAMS
(2:15)
HE AIN'T GOT RHYTHM
(2:47)
This Year's Kisses
(3:11)
WHY WAS I BORN?
(2:44)
I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
(3:05)
THE MOOD THAT I'M IN
(0:31)
YOU SHOWED ME THE WAY
(2:57)
SENTIMENTAL & MELANCHOLY
(2:31)
My Last Affair
(3:10)
CARELESSLY
(3:07)
HOW COULD YOU?
(2:30)
Moanin' Low
(3:04)
WHERE IS THE SUN?
(2:47)
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
(2:41)
They Can't Take That Away From Me
(3:24)
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M COMING OR GOING
(2:47)
SUN SHOWERS
(3:04)
YOURS AND MINE
(3:21)
I'll Get By
(3:11)
MEAN TO ME
(3:11)
Foolin' Myself
(3:02)
Easy Livin'
(3:05)
I'll Never Be The Same
(3:06)
Me, Myself & I
(2:47)
A SAILBOAT IN THE MOONLIGHT
(2:54)
BORN TO LOVE
(2:36)
WITHOUT YOUR LOVE
(2:53)
GETTING SOME FUN OUT OF LIFE
(3:03)
WHO WANTS LOVE?
(2:31)
TRAV'LIN' ALL ALONE
(2:12)
He's Funny That Way
(3:19)
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
(3:13)
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
(3:23)
My Man
(3:05)
Can't Stop Lovin' That Man
(3:16)
MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF YOU
(2:50)
When You're Smiling
(2:51)
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
(2:50)
If Dreams Come Through
(3:03)
NOW THEY CALL IT SWING
(3:04)
ON THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE
(3:07)
BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
(2:43)
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN
(2:25)
You Go to My Head
(2:55)
THE MOON LOOKS DOWN AND LAUGHS
(2:58)
IF I WERE YOU
(2:27)
FORGET IF YOU CAN
(2:51)
Having Myself A Time
(2:32)
SAYS MY HEART
(2:53)
I WISH I HAD YOU
(3:04)
I'm Gonna Lock My Heart
(2:10)
The Very Thought Of You
(2:45)
I Can't Get Started
(2:47)
I'VE GOT A DATE WITH A DREAM
(2:52)
You Can't Be Mine
(2:20)
Everybody's Laughing
(3:04)
HERE IT IS TOMORROW AGAIN
(2:47)
SAY IT WITH A KISS
(2:37)
APRIL IN MY HEART
(3:10)
I'LL NEVER FAIL YOU
(3:01)
THEY SAY
(3:16)
YOU'RE SO DESIRABLE
(2:54)
You're Gonna See A Lot Of Me
(2:58)
HELLO, MY DARLING
(2:44)
Let's Dream In The Moonlight
(2:53)
That's All I Ask Of You
(3:04)
DREAM OF LIFE
(2:46)
WHAT SHALL I SAY
(2:52)
It's So Easy To Blame The Weather
(3:01)
More Then You Know
(3:07)
Sugar
(2:49)
You're So Lovely To Last
(2:49)
Under The Blue Jungle Moon
(2:57)
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST
(2:51)
WHY DID I ALWAYS DEPEND ON YOU?
(2:34)
LONG GONE BLUES
(3:04)
SOME OTHER SPRING
(3:40)
OUR LOVE IS DIFFERENT
(3:15)
THEM THERE EYES
(1:51)
Swing, Brother, Swing
(1:51)
Night & Day
(3:01)
The Man I Love
(3:08)
YOU'RE JUST A NO ACCOUNT
(2:59)
You're Just A Lucky Guy
(2:46)
GHOST OF YESTERDAY
(2:39)
Body & Soul
(6:22)
WHAT IS THIS GOING TO GET US?
(2:45)
FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN
(2:59)
I'm Pulling Through
(3:11)
Tell Me More
(3:09)
LAUGHING AT LIFE
(2:56)
TIME ON MY HANDS
(3:08)
I'M ALL FOR YOU
(3:13)
I HEAR MUSIC
(2:39)
The Same Old Story
(2:47)
Practise Makes Perfect
(2:35)
St. Louis Blues
(2:51)
LOVELESS LOVE
(3:07)
Let's Do It
(2:57)
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
(3:20)
ROMANCE IN THE DARK
(2:18)
All Of Me
(3:46)
I'm In Low-Down Groove
(3:10)
God Bless The Child
(3:12)
AM I BLUE?
(2:51)
SOLITUDE
(3:33)
JIM
(3:05)
I Cover The Waterfront
(2:57)
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
(3:21)
Gloomy Sunday
(3:12)
Wherever Are You
(3:02)
MANDY IS TWO
(2:60)
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
(3:05)
Trav'lin' Light
(3:32)
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
(3:40)
HOW AM I TO KNOW
(2:36)
MY OLD FLAME
(3:01)
I'll Be Seeing You
(3:34)
I'm Yours
(3:14)
EMBRACEABLE YOU
(3:13)
AS TIME GOES BY
(3:07)
LOVER COME BACK TO ME
(6:44)
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
(2:59)
Lover Man
(3:24)
No More
(2:45)
That Old Devil Called Love
(2:57)
Don't Explain
(2:48)
YOU BETTER GO NOW
(2:39)
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
(3:07)
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE
(3:48)
NO GOOD MAN
(3:02)
BIG STUFF
(2:34)
BABY, I DON'T CRY OVER YOU
(3:11)
I'll Look Around
(3:10)
The Blues Are Brewin'
(2:58)
GUILTY
(3:11)
DEEP SONG
(3:10)
There Is No Greater Love
(2:59)
EASY LIVING
(3:06)
WEEP NO MORE
(3:20)
Girls Were Made To Take Care Of The Boys
(3:14)
Porgy
(2:59)
A Fine Romance
(2:52)
CARELESSLY
(3:07)
Everybody's Laughing
(3:04)
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
(3:13)
ROMANCE IN THE DARK
(2:18)
SOME OTHER SPRING
(3:40)
Your Mother's Son-In-Law
(2:45)
All Of Me
(3:46)
HERE IT IS TOMORROW AGAIN
(2:47)
HOW COULD YOU?
(2:30)
I CAN'T PRETEND
(3:02)
OUR LOVE IS DIFFERENT
(3:15)
RIFFIN' THE SCOTCH
(2:32)
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
(3:23)
I'M IN A LOW DOWN GROOVE
(3:10)
I WISHED ON THE MOON
(3:04)
Moanin' Low
(3:04)
My Man
(3:05)
ONE, TWO, BUTTON YOUR SHOE
(2:36)
SAY IT WITH A KISS
(2:37)
THEM THERE EYES
(1:51)
APRIL IN MY HEART
(3:10)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
(3:18)
God Bless The Child
(3:12)
Let's Call A Heart A Heart
(3:01)
Swing, Brother, Swing
(1:51)
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
(2:53)
WHERE IS THE SUN?
(2:47)
Am I Blue?
(2:53)
EASY TO LOVE
(3:11)
I'LL NEVER FAIL YOU
(3:01)
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
(2:41)
MISS BROWN TO YOU
(2:57)
MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF YOU
(2:50)
Night & Day
(3:01)
A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat)
(0:07)
SOLITUDE
(3:33)
The Man I Love
(3:08)
They Can't Take That Away From Me
(3:24)
THEY SAY
(3:16)
When You're Smiling
(2:51)
WITH THEE I SWING
(3:16)
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
(2:50)
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M COMING OR GOING
(2:47)
JIM
(3:05)
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
(3:01)
WHAT A NIGHT, WHAT A MOON, WHAT A GIRL
(2:51)
YOU'RE JUST A NO ACCOUNT
(2:59)
YOU'RE SO DESIRABLE
(2:54)
I Cover The Waterfront
(2:57)
I'M PAINTING THE TOWN RED
(3:00)
IF DREAMS COME TRUE
(3:04)
JEEPERS CREEPERS
(3:08)
SUN SHOWERS
(3:04)
WHO LOVES YOU?
(2:58)
YOU'RE A LUCKY GUY
(2:47)
You're Gonna See A Lot Of Me
(2:58)
GHOST OF YESTERDAY
(2:39)
HELLO, MY DARLING
(2:44)
IT'S TOO HOT FOR WORDS
(2:48)
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
(3:21)
NOW THEY CALL IT SWING
(3:04)
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
(3:15)
YOURS AND MINE
(3:21)
Body & Soul
(6:22)
Gloomy Sunday
(3:12)
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
(1:28)
Let's Dream In The Moonlight
(2:53)
ON THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE
(3:07)
That's Life I Guess
(3:08)
Twenty - Four Hours A Day
(3:01)
BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
(2:43)
I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE (BABY)
(3:28)
MEAN TO ME
(3:11)
That's All I Ask Of You
(3:04)
WHAT IS THIS GOING TO GET US?
(2:45)
WHEREVER YOU ARE
(2:57)
YANKEE DOODLE NEVER WENT TO TOWN
(2:46)
DREAM OF LIFE
(2:46)
EENY MEENY MINEY MO
(3:12)
Falling In Love Again (Can't Help It)
(2:52)
Foolin' Myself
(3:02)
MANDY IS TWO
(2:60)
ONE NEVER KNOWS, DOES ONE?
(3:02)
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN
(2:25)
AM I BLUE?
(2:51)
EASY LIVING
(3:06)
I'm Pulling Through
(3:11)
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
(3:01)
IF YOU WERE MINE
(3:11)
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
(3:05)
WHAT SHALL I SAY
(2:52)
You Go to My Head
(2:55)
FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN
(2:59)
I'll Never Be The Same
(3:06)
IF MY HEART COULD ONLY TALK
(3:04)
It's Easy To Blame The Weather
(3:01)
TELL ME MORE AND MORE (AND THEN SOME)
(3:06)
THE MOON LOOKS DOWN AND LAUGHS
(2:58)
THESE 'N' THAT 'N' THOSE
(3:14)
UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
(3:11)
IF I WERE YOU
(2:27)
LAUGHING AT LIFE
(2:56)
Me, Myself & I
(2:47)
MORE THAN YOU KNOW
(3:05)
PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR DREAMS
(2:15)
Saddest Tale
(2:59)
YOU LET ME DOWN
(2:55)
A SAILBOAT IN THE MOONLIGHT
(2:54)
FORGET IF YOU CAN
(2:51)
HE AIN'T GOT RHYTHM
(2:47)
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
(2:53)
SUGAR (THAT SUGAR BABY O' MINE)
(2:50)
Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)
(3:06)
BORN TO LOVE
(2:36)
Having Myself A Time
(2:32)
I'M ALL FOR YOU
(3:13)
LIFE BEGINS WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE
(3:02)
This Year's Kisses
(3:11)
YOU'RE TOO LOVELY TO LAST
(3:04)
I HEAR MUSIC
(2:39)
It's Like Reaching For The Moon
(3:19)
SAYS MY HEART
(2:53)
UNDER A BLUE JUNGLE MOON
(3:02)
WHY WAS I BORN?
(2:44)
WITHOUT YOUR LOVE
(2:53)
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST
(2:51)
GETTING SOME FUN OUT OF LIFE
(3:03)
I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
(3:05)
I WISH I HAD YOU
(3:04)
The Same Old Story
(2:47)
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
(3:08)
I CRIED FOR YOU
(3:19)
I'M GONNA LOCK MY HEART (AND THROW AWAY THE KEY)
(2:12)
Practice Makes Perfect
(2:38)
THE MOOD THAT I'M IN
(0:31)
WHO WANTS LOVE?
(2:31)
WHY DID I ALWAYS DEPEND ON YOU?
(2:34)
GUESS WHO?
(3:08)
LONG GONE BLUES
(3:04)
St. Louis Blues
(2:51)
The Very Thought Of You
(2:45)
TRAV'LIN' ALL ALONE
(2:12)
YOU SHOWED ME THE WAY
(2:57)
DID I REMEMBER?
(2:41)
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me / I'll Get By
(5:09)
He's Funny That Way
(3:19)
I Can't Get Started
(2:47)
LOVELESS LOVE
(3:07)
SENTIMENTAL & MELANCHOLY
(2:31)
I Love My Man
(3:55)
I'VE GOT A DATE WITH A DREAM
(2:52)
Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love
(2:57)
My Last Affair
(3:10)
NO REGRETS
(2:38)
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
(3:20)
Summertime
(2:49)
YOU CAN'T BE MINE (AND SOMEONE ELSE'S TOO)
(2:22)
Billie's Blues
(3:30)