This is transcribed from Bert Jansch's CD "When the Circus Comes to Town" – nice song but a lesson in elocution it's not, and there may be some errors here. JUST A DREAM (Jansch) Walking along on a summer day, When I met a man, going the other way, Said what happened to you my friend, How do you do today? He looked so pale, his face was drawn, He said my friend I wish I'd never been born, I'm a looking for my long lost soul, I had it only yesterday. Now there was a time, when I could build a ship, I'd build it proud and strong, On the seven seas it would sail along, And now it's only – just a dream. I met a woman on the same highway, I looked in her eye but she turned away, I said what happened to you my friend, How do you do today? She said in this land there's a place for me, A paradise and the water comes free, Or is it just a crazy dream That's floating outside my head. Now there was a time, we would stand and fight, Instead of turning, Let our voices sing, proud in harmony, And now it's only – just a dream. Hand in hand came a boy and girl, This is the tune, she sang a song, I said what happened to you my friend, How do you do today? Well we don't know what we should learn, What books to keep, what books to burn, What a funny old world this is, It's changing from day to day. And there was a time, When it was right and wrong, It was black and white, It was easier, to get along, Now it's only – just a dream.
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