Down south I lived downstairs
And Gee! I dreamt of life upstairs
It was a dream!
Only experience could tell what it did mean
In a rush, seeking safety like a meerkat
I docked myself under my hat
And headed straight up North
Attracted by the lights like a moth
Up North I lived upstairs
Up North my everything was life downstairs
And though not of misery void,
Could not be painted a tasteless tabloid
That dream I had
That dream I told dad
And with a pat he my roots
Did show me my life of shoots
Before embracing my dream beauty
Ne’er had I seen a sight so dreary;
Benumbing with frost biting cold
Stealing from the sun’s glow its gold
And the step I made forward
Revealed two steps backward
The embrace, the dread, the numbness, the frost bite
And I would never any mind divide
With head now to the East
With the sunrise I feast
And would you only a glance steal West
Where the twilights my sun take to rest.
