Can't you hear it calling?
As it moves; so soft, so slow?
Can't you hear it calling,
Taking children row by row?

Yes I hear it calling,
I hold it oh so dear.
Yes I hear it calling,
Singing sweetly in my ear.

Stay back! You hear it calling.
It's horrid and it's wrong.
Stay back! You hear it calling,
It'll take you for so long.

I must! I hear it calling,
It's comfort and it's home.
I must! I hear it calling.
So through the seas I'll comb.

Come back, hear me calling!
You'll be so far away.
Come back, hear me calling!
But silent you shall stay.

I'm gone, I've heard it calling.
I'm safe now, don't you fear.
I'm gone, I've heard it calling,
My road is oh so clear.

Can't you hear me calling?
I run; fast but slow.
Can't you hear me calling?
I go to where you go.

Yes I hear you calling,
I'll keep you in my heart.
Yes I hear you calling,
But now we must depart.

No, I still am calling,
I'll come now, just you see.
No, I still am calling,
With you I'll always be.

Go wait for it to call you,
I'll see you in the end.
Go wait for it to call you,
Just around the bend.

I'll listen for it calling,
Soon it all will go.
I'll listen for it calling,
And forever silence, will grow.

Live long, live long and fruitful,
I'll be here in the end.
Live long, live long and fruitful,
I'll see you 'round the bend.

But love, I am calling.
Did you not hear my call?
But love, I am calling,
Do you love me at all?

Of course I love you darling,
But go now, I'll be fine.
Of course I love you darling,
One day again we'll dine.

I'll come, I'll hear it soon love.
Never again, will we part.
I'll come, I'll hear it soon love,
You are forever in my heart.

It calls, it calls in numbers,
One, two, three four five.
It calls, it calls in numbers,
Taking dead and alive.

It'll call my number soon love.
Will I see you soon?
It'll call my number soon love,
Far from my life you're strewn.

Not yet, not yet darling,
I've fallen out at sea.
Not yet, not yet darling,
So long 'til me you'll see.

I'll wait for the call love,
Forever and a day.
I'll wait for the call love,
For you I'll always stay.

Can't you hear it calling?
As it moves; so soft, so slow?
Can't you hear it calling,
Taking children row by row?