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
He s a dreamer
And he s fightin for his life
He s tryin to understand
He s a dreamer
But he wants to carry on
Yet I know he s a lonely man
So they say he s a madman
And 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
