The Dreamer Lyrics - Tom Rush

The moon she rides the tattered storm 

On a ragged gypsy journey 

The snow lies on the mountain 

Like a cloak upon a king 

My dreams go tumbling with the dust 

Out across the valley 

Blow above the river 

Blow above the sea 

And life's a sparrow lost at sea 

In dark of night with far to go 

Dreams are ships that sailed away 

We are only cargo 

Only cargo 

Now the sea has always sung to me 

But I have never never headed 

I am born a farmer raised the same 

Married to the land 

But sometimes I will lie at night 

While she is softly sleeping 

An' far away I hear the song 

The sea sings to the sand 

For life's a sparrow lost at sea 

In dark of night with far to go 

Dreams are ships that sailed away 

We are only cargo 

Only cargo 

Only cargo 

Adam's prize was open eyes 

His sentence was to see 

So day by day he's worn awake 

Against reality 

So gypsies dream of being king 

Kings of being free 

A sailor longs to till the land 

The farmer sets to sea 

And the sea will love the land all night 

Like a woman loves her lover 

The wind will race along the beach 

And make the sea cliffs ring 

And I will start to wake and dream again 

The dream I dreamed forever 

The ships I'll never sail 

The songs I'll never sing 

Sweet life's a sparrow lost at sea 

In dark of night with far to go 

Dreams are ships that sailed away 

The dreamer's only cargo 

Only cargo 

Only cargo