By the dried up stream    We slit our throats and dreamed    When the building's burned    Was there some concern    Mother laid in bed    What was it she said?       Gather all your worldly jewels    And scatter them like fools    Don't you make a fuss    Days so perilous    When day is done we'll ride    Who cares what we find       Another misspent night    We thought we got it right    The driver lost a wheel    The ice turned into steel    They shivered like refugees    Way down on our knees       By the dried up stream    We slit our throats and dreamed    When the building's burned    Was there some concerned    Mother laid in bed    What was it she said?