So the shepherd boy says to his lady in waitin'
Give me your heart but give me some time
I'm not without hope and I'm not hesitating
Myself and my treasure to find
And I'll make my way back by the light of your heart
In the darkest of night your flame I will see
And we'll dance in the moon and we'll raise us some babies
Forever our souls will be
Together

So he sells off his flock for a pick and a shovel
And a fine leather bag to hold all that gold
And he takes her soft hands one last time how he loves her
With the winds of change blowin' cold
Well goodbye Tennessee here I come Colorado
I'll piss in your streets and sleep in your hills
And I'll fill up my bag with your turquoise and silver
Suzanne, I always will
Love you

That night she lay still with the cold winds a blowin'
And the sound of the whippoorwill callin' through the trees
Hey that man with the soul the size of a pickle
Well he's left you to do as you please
So she moves into town and enrolls in a college
And gets her a job with a teaching degree
Said to hell with you fool
you dreamer James Butler by God I'm gonna be
Happy

Of course he comes back with holes in his pockets
But ready to claim what he thought was still his
She had a new house in town and a doctor for a husband
And a nursery school full of kids
So he finds him a rope strong enough for a hangin'
With his heart full of sorrow he finds him a tree
But he can't take his life so he takes out his pen knife and carves
I'll always be a dreamer

Oh, oh oh
A dreamer, a dreamer
Oh, oh oh

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Writer(s): James Darrell Scott