The minstrel of the dawn is here   To make you laugh and bend your ear   Up the steps you'll hear him climb   All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes      Listen to the pictures flow   Across the room into your mind they go   Listen to the strings   They jangle and dangle while the old guitar rings      The minstrel of the dawn is here   Not too wise but oh so free   He'll talk of life out on the street   He'll play it sad and say it sweet      Look into his shining face   Of loneliness, you'll always find a trace   Just like me and you   He's tryin' to get into things more happy than blue      A minstrel of the changin' tide   He'll ask for nothing but his pride   Just sit him down upon that chair   Go fetch some wine and set it there      Listen to the pictures flow   And follow the fingers where they go   Listen to the strings   They jangle and dangle while the old guitar rings      A minstrel of the dawn is near   Just like a step 'n fetchit here   He's like an old time troubadour   Just wanting life and nothing more      Look into his shining eyes   And if you see a ghost, don't be surprised   Like me and you   He's tryin' to get into things more happy than blue      The minstrel boy will understand   He holds a promise in his hand   He talks of better days ahead   And by his words your fortune's read      Listen to the pictures flow   Across the room into your mind they go   Listen to the strings   They jangle and dangle while the old guitar rings      The minstrel of the dawn is gone   I hope he'll call before too long   And if you meet him you must be   The victim of his minstrelsy      He'll sing for you a song   The minstrel of the dawn