I took a hammer, and a chisel iron cold And had my dreams engraved on a mountaintop of stone But the mountain crumbled my dreams in seas of blue; There's nothing in this world as forever as you I touched the earth with a question in my hand I asked two holy men to help me understand But the preachers quarreled as to just what I should do; There's nothing in this world as forever as you In these temporary days You're my sole and saving grace There is nothing in this world as forever as you