He is down by the riverside Late one night He's tryin' to count the stars In each of the signs All alone by the riverside And time passes by Gathering thoughts of the past And maybe he'll cry So they say he's a madman But he don't understand But I know that he's tryin' hard To act like a man All those years he has suffered my friends All those years of pain But I don't think he knows for sure If those years were in vain no He's a dreamer But he's fightin' for his life He's tryin' to understand He's a dreamer But he wants to carry on And I know he's a lonely man Lonely man He's down by the riverside Late one night He's tryin' to count the stars In each of the signs Alone by the riverside And time passes by Gathering thoughts of the past And maybe he'll cry He's a dreamer But he's fightin' for his life He's tryin' to understand He's a dreamer That he wants to carry on And I know he's a lonely man Lonely man He's a dreamer But he's fightin' for his life He's tryin' to understand He's a dreamer But he wants to carry on As I know he's a lonely man He's a dreamer But he's fightin' for his life He's tryin' to understand He's a dreamer But he wants to carry on And I know he's a lonely man lonely man