He down by the riverside Late one night He's tryin' to count stars In each of the signs All alone by the riverside And time passes by Gathering thoughts of the past maybe he'll cry
So they say he's a madman he don't But I know that he's tryin' hard To act like a man All those years he has suffered, friends All those years pain But I don't think he knows for sure If those years were vain
He's a dreamer And he's fightin' for his life tryin' to understand He's a dreamer But he wants carry on Yet I know he's a lonely man