i have dreamed upon your floor that i found the love i lost i have rested on the rocks of rivers i had to cross i ve been fed by all my friends though i ve already wept a creek i ve learned many a secret handshake and i ve held many a weary soul to sleep somebody take me home while i still believe while the pines are still the pines and there s something left of me i have gambled with the years held a few hands of tenderness i was king once for a day before the queen laid me to rest i ve been sober on bourbon street wasted on my wedding day i ve seen the eyes of my love when there was nothing left to say somebody take me home while i still believe while the pines are still the pines and there s something left of me i have danced with gypsy girls who sang a spell into my ear i ve seen every united state and i have rocked a newborn babe i built fires to burn through the night had to put out some that burn too bright swam in the bayou while drinking rum i ve waited on saviors who didn t come somebody take me home while i still believe while the pines are still the pines and there s something left of me