[Chorus]
By the dried up stream
We slit our throats and dreamed
When the buildings burned
Was it some concern?
Mother laid in bed
What was it she said?

[Verse]
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

[Chorus]
By the dried up stream
We slit our throats and dreamed
When the buildings burned
Was it some concern?
Mother laid in bed
What was it she said?