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?