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The Deborah Harry song catalog you find on this page was compiled by me, the webmaster, with the help of my personal record collection, booklets, biographies, setlists, ASCAP, the LoC (Library of Congress), articles and (live) bootlegs. It's my goal to create a page which features Deborah's complete musical body of work, no matter if Deborah was in any way musically involved herself or whether she contributed her own lyrics to a project. In order to keep up the standard of this page and to make it grow you can help by submitting song titles and/or information which are missing on this site. Every contribution is greatly appreciated. Official song lyrics were taken from booklets. I transcribed those songs myself where no official lyrics were available (with no guarantee for their accuracy). I apologize for possible errors and will gladly take corrections. I kindly ask you not to copy any of these lyrics from this page.
All song pages include links to the albums, singles and/or live albums which they were released on. Best Ofs and soundtracks were only listed if there is a special mix available on the record or the song title itself was previously unreleased.

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originally by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra

I COVER THE WATERFRONT

Away from the city that hurts and knocks
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's as heavy as stone
With the dawn coming on
Makin' it last

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 so patiently waiting
Hopin' and longin'
Oh, how I yearn
Where are you?
Have you thought back time
Will you remember?
Will you return?

I cover the waterfront
I'm watching the sea
Will the one I love be coming back to me?

Will the one I love be coming back to me?

FEATURED ON

unreleased - performed by Blondie during several live shows in the early days

e.g.

° New York, NY/USA - August 15, 1975

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