[Verse]
New York, Tennessee, Oregon, Maine;
Wichita, Little Rock, Butte and Spokane.
I've seen 'em all, mister.
I've heard their noisy hum.
You know 'em all, mister,
When you're a bum.

Whenever I go I listen
And I watch with open eyes.
And I've heard and seen a woman
Singin' freedom to the skies.

And I've heard the song of Wall Street
Singin', climb your market, climb!
And a drinkin' song that whispers
That it's Prohibition time.

Yes, I've heard a song of harvest
From the green and copper hills;
As the copper turns to pennies
And the green to dollar bills.
Yes, I've heard 'em all, mister,
But I can't go sing 'em back,
I sing another song
Along the track.


[Refrain}
I sing a song about the ocean;
Sing of how endless is the ocean.
Sing of however near the shore and sea;
And that's how true love should ever be.

I sing a song about the snowfall,
Sing of how gentle is the snowfall,
Sing of how pure the snow on every tree,
And that's how true love should ever be.

I've sung my song on the plain,
With the wind and the rain
Around me.

I've sung it high to a cloud
And to people who crowd
Along.

Oh, I sing a song about forever,
Only a song about forever,
Sing of how empty hearts forever long,
But nobody listens to my song.

Won't someone stop the wheels a moment.
Let the smoke a second clear,
Water down the furnace,
That's a song you ought to hear.

Hear me, I only sing a love song,
Hear me, I only sing a love song,
Sing of how when it dies the world turns to gray;
But nobody hears me, what I say.