The Dreamer - Darrell Scott

So the shepherd boy says to his lady in waitin'

Give me your heart but give me some time

I’m not without hope and I’m not hesitating

Myself and my treasure to find

And i’ll make my way back by the light of your heart

In the darkest of night your flame I will see

And we’ll dance in the moon and we’ll raise us some babies

Forever our souls will be

Together

So he sells off his flock for a pick and a shovel

And a fine leather bag to hold all that gold

And he takes her soft hands one last time how he loves her

With the winds of change blowin' cold

Well goodbye Tennessee here I come Colorado

I’ll piss in your streets and sleep in your hills

And I’ll fill up my bag with your turquoise and silver

Suzanne, I always will

Love you

That night she lay still with the cold winds a blowin'

& the sound of the whippoorwill callin' through the trees

Hey that man with the soul the size of a pickle

Well he’s left you to do as you please

So she moves into town and enrolls in a college

And gets her a job with a teaching degree

Said to hell with you fool, you dreamer James Butler

By God I’m gonna be

Happy

Of course he comes back with holes in his pockets

But ready to claim what he thought was still his

She had a new house in town and a doctor for a husband

And a nursery school full of kids

So he finds him a rope strong enough for a hangin'

With his heart full of sorrow he finds him a tree

But he can’t take his life so he takes out his pen knife and carves

I’ll always be a dreamer

A dreamer

A dreamer