Withered and Died

This cruel old country has driven me down, teased me and lied

I've only sad stories to tell to this town

My dreams have withered and died

Once I was bending the tops of the trees

Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear

Then I took up with a girl from the West

They'd run and hide, they'd run and hide

Count one to ten and she's gone like the rest

My dreams have withered and died

If I was a butterfly, lived for a day

I could be free just blowing away

Silver moon sailor and silver moonshine

On the water so wide, water so wide

Slip from the bed of a good friend of mine

My dreams have withered and died

Once I was bending the tops of the trees

Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear

This cruel country has driven me down, teased me and lied

Teased me and lied

I've only sad stories to tell to this town

My dreams have withered and died [x3]