The Dreamer And The Widow

歌詞

A widow was walking all by the millstream A young man he saw her and started to dream He dreamed of her beauty, he dreamed of her love And he had a thought, he had a thought He had a thought how to have her He's crept up beside her and softly he said Come lie down beside me and don't be afraid I'll love you and please you and be your tonight And drive out all cares, and drive out all cares And drive out all cares 'til the morning "No, no", said the widow, she stood in surprise But his words they had warmed her and brightened her eyes His dream pressed around them, he kissed her awhile And then they lay down, and then they lay down And then they lay down in the evening In the cooler light of morning, he woke from the dream He saw the sad widow in her weeds, dark and mean His fickle love vanished in the blink of an eye And he's wandered away, he's wandered away He's wandered away to some other So come all you women that hunger for love Don't listen to dreamers, for sadly it's true That dreams are as nothing, they fade with the dawn And can't be recalled, and can't be recalled And can't be recalled in the morning And can't be recalled in the morning