Well if I were a rich man's heir
I'd keep the gray from your hair
But I'm a poor son, we both know
My only fortune is what I owe

And if you think that you love me
I beg your mercy on my soul
I'm not the man that they all see
I'm more lost than I am whole

But if you say that your path is mine
And that our dreams could grow and twine
Well I'd make a place just for us
Of logs and love and the hope of trust
This is all that I've dreamt to do
This is the life I'd build with you

Sometimes at night, when I dream
I see the shapes but not their seams
I see the past and I think of ours
I take my hand and I touch the stars

And if you think that you love me
Well, I beg you to believe
That life is hard, and it's hard to see
One should stay and one should leave

But if you say that your path is mine
And that our dreams could grow and twine
Well I'd make a place just for us
Of logs and love and the hope of trust
This is all that I've dreamt to do
This is the life I'd build with you

The hours are fading, and I've come to dawn
You're in my arms like a portrait drawn
My dignity died in the night
Somewhere between wrong and right

And if you think that you love me
I beg your mercy for all to know
I am a fool charging straight for the sea
And for that I've little to show

And if you say that your path is mine
And that our dreams could grow and twine
Well I'd make a place just for us
Of logs and love and the hope of trust
This is all that I've dreamt to do
This is the life I'd build with you