If I Had Only a Chance

It happened on a cold December morning
Together with my little sister
I was waiting at the harbour
To pick up my daddy

He was returning from the sea
To celebrate his birthday with us
The winds increased to gale force
And the thundery clouds darkened the sky

Then an old fisherman told of a boat at sea
Sending out an SOS
We've been waiting so long
Oh, daddy what went wrong?
How we need you now and
Beg you please come home

If I had only a chance
To see your face again
Tears that I cried they would blind me
On and on if I had only a chance
To hear your voice again
Words that you whispered would seem
To be a song

Time cures all things
And years are passing by
But still I can hear my sister cry

I've been waiting so long
Oh, daddy, what went wrong?
How I need you now
I beg you please come home

If I had only a chance
To see your face again
Tears that I cried they would blind me
On and on if I had only a chance
To hear your voice again
Words that you whispered would seem
To be a song

His boat never returned it's still missing
In spite of several search-operations
The sailors were never found again
They were certainly lost in the Atlantic
If I had only a chance
To hear your voice again
Words that you whispered would seem
To be a song