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