always thought she d stick around always thought she d stay now he s searching for the ring the one she had to throw away beach comber casts a shadow long as his beard never thought to cut it since his lover disappeared she left him in this crazy state he s in scouring the shoreline oh looking for the ring oh the ring that was wrapped around her finger she was just a dream and he was just a dreamer theres a rhythm to his madness a rhythm that he s in retracing all the steps he walked where once he was a king his heart jolts awake to the beeps of his machine starts racing faster faster til it s a steady stream he riffles through every grain of sand one for everything that slipped through his hands and his friends have all gone gone with the tide and he s standing on the shoreline stranded in time oh the ring that was wrapped around her finger she was just a dream and he was just a dreamer beach combing for his lost gold something to have and to hold oh small fortunes they sat and stay too long to wash away sweat dripping from his head like a bridal shower and dampening the gleaming sand but mixed with tears so sour cause he is just a dreamer she was just a dream he is just a dreamer she was just a dream she is just a dream he is just a dreamer