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