Tokyo Bay

I'll be a long-gone Daddy when they find my note But just for the record, this is what I wrote I'm relocating to a foreign shore You won't have me to kick around no more You can't make me stay, I'm leaving today

It's anchors aweigh, I'm shipping out to Tokyo Bay There's a solemn little Geisha pining for me Under a parasol out on the quay She knows I'm coming from beyond the sea And she's hoping and a-praying most fervently That today's the day I go smoking into Tokyo Bay

I'll find a liner, then my plan To work my ticket as some kind of hand Maybe picking up after the cabaret band Anything to get my toes in the sands of Tokyo Bay

Well, in a dim, dark side canteen I know With my collar turned up and my cap down low All dressed up like a matelot I got my grip in my hand, packed, ready to go

I'll be a long-gone Daddy when they find my note But just for the record, this is what I wrote You, you, you can't make me stay, I'm leaving today So glad to say I'm aheading up the gangway Bound for Tokyo Bay

Tokyo Bay

I'll be a long-gone Daddy Be a long-gone Daddy Long, long-gone Daddy Long-gone Daddy, so long That's all I wrote