Yellow sky, why did you take my love from me?
How could you let him sail away across the sea?
When will you let him return and be mine once again?
Tell me when, tell me when.

When will you let hope be hope and love be love?
And uncross the star-crossed in the night above
Tell me when will you let faith be a trusting guide
And reawaken the broken hearted from where they lie
Tell me when will you let a wish be granted for true
And let true love keep for all and not just the few

Oh yellow sky, why did you take my love from me?
How could you let him sail away across the sea?
When will you let him return and be mine once again?
Tell me when, tell me when.

Do I deserve the well of loneliness for so deep and so long
Singing the words to my melancholy song
Tell me, will I be waiting long for him to come
Sealed with a fate that leaves us undone
Tell me why do you repay me with deeds unkind
Will you ever make our love unblind?

Oh yellow sky, why did you take my love from me?
You know without him I just cannot be
When will you let him return and be mine once again?
Tell me when, tell me when.