The Dutchman Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

The Dutchman's not the kind of man 

To keep his thumb jammed in a dam 

That holds his dreams in 

But that's a secret only Margaret know 

But when Amsterdam is golden 

In the morning, Margaret brings him breakfast 

She believes him 

He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow 

He's mad as he can be 

But Margaret only sees that sometimes 

Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes 

Let us go to the banks of the ocean 

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee 

Long ago, I used to be a young man 

Now dear Margaret remembers that for me 

Now the Dutchman still wears wooden shoes 

His cap and coats all patched with the love 

Margaret sewed him 

Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam 

As he watches tugboats down canals 

Calls out to them when he thinks 

He knows the captain 

'Til Margaret comes to take him home again 

Through unforgiving streets 

That trip him though he holds her arm 

Sometimes he thinks he's alone and calls her name 

Let us go to the banks of the ocean 

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee 

Long ago, I used to be a young man 

Now dear Margaret remembers that for me 

Now the winter whirls the windmills in 

She winds his muffler tighter 

They sit in the kitchen 

Tea with whiskey keeps away the dew 

He sees her for a moment 

He calls her name out, she makes the bed up 

Humming some old love song 

She learned it when the tune was very new 

He hums a line or two 

They hum together in the night 

The Dutchman falls asleep 

Then Margaret blows the candles out 

Let us go to the banks of the ocean 

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee 

Long ago, I used to be a young man 

Now dear Margaret remembers that for me 

Let us go to the banks of the ocean 

Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee 

Long ago, I used to be a young man 

Now dear Margaret remembers that for me