[Verse 1]

It's seldom, in Chicago, that you see the stars by night

The skies are red and angry with sodium vapor light

But I have seen the heavens from a high and lonely place

And I know that's the closest I'll ever come to space

[Chorus 1]

But I have seen the harbor

And the tall ships point the way

And my children or their children

May go out there someday

[Verse 2]

If I live a long time, and if mankind turns once more

To dare a present danger, to reach some future shore

Then I may yet see picturеs from distant foreign skies

And know them for rеflections in my children's questing eyes

[Chorus 2]

And I have seen the harbor

And the ships are proud and bold

And the children born this morning

May already be too old

[Verse 3]

In our mundane life, there's no one happier than I

I'm contented to live planet-bound, for time has passed me by

But my children and their children are well worth dreaming for

The glories of tomorrow lie golden at their door

[Chorus 3]

But I have seen the harbor

And the ship's departing gleam

And the witnesses of wonders

Are forgiven when they dream