He's down by the riverside Late one night He's trying 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 And he don't understand But I know that he's trying hard To act like a man All those years he had suffered, my friends All those years of pain But I don't think he knows for sure If those years were invain
He's a dreamer, and he's fighting for his life He's trying to understand He's a dreamer, but he wants to carry on And I know he's a lonely man