Well hey i been down that a way With a dream on my arm Yet me an' my love we could not stay We heard voices of children An' by little hands were led astray All the boughs bend for us All the earth awaits thee All the stones they will cry out An' ev'ry tongue confess thee Oh my dream come an' take me quickly 'fore the struggle take me Yeah lay me down any way you choose An' let the voices of our children wake me The boughs they all will bend for us An' all the earth awaits thee All the stones they will cry out Yes an' ev'ry tongue confess thee An' though the word yes It falls on deaf ears It is spoken jus' the same The word is stands Look straight at ev'ry man From kings down to the lay Well i told it fast an' glad The color of a sloe drink Or so they say So they say by the light of day Hidden 'neath their wings Of black, brown an' grey The boughs they all will bend for us An' all the earth awaits thee All the stones they will cry out An' ev'ry tongue confess thee An' though the word yes It falls on deaf ears It is spoken jus' the same The word is stands Look straight at ev'ry man From kings down to the lay