He is down by the riverside
  Late one night
  He’s tryin’ to count the stars
  In each of the signs
  All alone by the riverside
  And time passes y
  Gathering thoughts of the past
  And maybe he’ll cry
  
  So they say he’s a madman
  And he don’t understand
  But I know that he’s tryin’ hard
  To act like a man
  All those years he has suffered, my friends
  All those years of pain
  but I don’t think he knows for sure
  If those years were in vain
  
  He’s a dreamer
  And he’s fightin’ for his life
  He’s tryin’ to understand
  he’s a dreamer
  But he wants to carry on
  Yet I know he’s a lonely man
  
  He is down by the riverside
  Late one night
  He’s tryin’ to count the stars
  In each of the signs
  All alone by the riverside
  And time passes by
  Gathering thoughts of the past
  And maybe he’ll cry