One, two One, two, three Of all the gloomy places I could not abode I settled in a river-briddled town There were sentimental faces and welcoming bestow A hearty meal and place to lay me down I dreamed a dream of ships that sailed upon the horizon's tips For welcome homes and realizations you are not the same Drawn towards the light and I think I might have a moment of reflection Before the dawn finds the moon is withdrawn The face I am chased to hold 'Fore I shuffle off down the road I woke up in the morning, the same as every day Bells up in the distance rang their song Oh well, it could have been a wedding, perhaps it was my day My conscience told me time to move along There stood the day's betrayal, her face hid by a veil A present so enticing I was helpless to resent Drawn towards the light and I think I might have a moment of reflection Before the dawn finds the moon is withdrawn The face I am chased to hold 'Fore I shuffle off down the road And in the midst of our first kiss my hand rest on her cheek Warm and soft with youth's resilience, pleasures to a speak A grasp of air, the wisp of air was all that could be heard The lights went out and she was gone 'fore I could say a word Drawn towards the light and I think I might have a moment of reflection Before the dawn finds the moon is withdrawn A face I am chased to hold 'Fore I shuffle off down the road Road