Well hey, I been down that a-way   With a dream on my arm   Yet me an' my love we could not stay   We heard voices of children   An' by little hands were led astray      All the boughs bend for us   All the earth awaits thee   All the stones they will cry out   An' ev'ry tongue confess thee      Oh my dream come an' take me quickly   'Fore the struggle take me   Yeah lay me down any way you choose   An' let the voices of our children wake me      The boughs they all will bend for us   An' all the earth awaits thee   All the stones they will cry out   Yes an' ev'ry tongue confess thee      An' though the word yes   It falls on deaf ears   It is spoken jus' the same   The word is stands   Look straight at ev'ry man   From kings down to the lay      Well, I told it fast an' glad   The color of a sloe drink or so they say   So they say by the light of day   Hidden 'neath their wings   Of black, brown an' gray      The boughs they all will bend for us   An' all the earth awaits thee   All the stones they will cry out   An' ev'ry tongue confess thee      An' though the word yes   It falls on deaf ears   It is spoken jus' the same   The word is stands   Look straight at ev'ry man   From kings down to the lay