Steve Goodman - The Dutchman lyrics
[Steve Goodman - The Dutchman lyrics]
The Dutchman is not the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
That holds his dreams in
That's a secret that only Margaret knows
When Amsterdam is golden in the summer
Margaret brings him breakfast
She believes him
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow
He's mad as he can be
Margaret only sees that sometimes
Sometimes she sees her unborn
Children in his eyes
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Dear Margaret remembers that for me
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
And his cap and coat are
Patched with the love margaret sewed there
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam
He watches the tug-boats down canals
And calls out to them when he
Thinks he knows the Captain
Margaret comes to take him home again
Through unforgiving streets that trip him
Though she holds his arm
Sometimes, he thinks he's alone and
He calls her name
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
The winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter
They sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
He sees her for a moment, he calls her name
She makes the bed up singing
Some old love song
She learned it when the song was very new
He hums a line or two
They hum together in the dark
The Dutchman falls asleep
Margaret blows the candles out
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam
That holds his dreams in
That's a secret that only Margaret knows
When Amsterdam is golden in the summer
Margaret brings him breakfast
She believes him
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow
He's mad as he can be
Margaret only sees that sometimes
Sometimes she sees her unborn
Children in his eyes
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
Dear Margaret remembers that for me
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
And his cap and coat are
Patched with the love margaret sewed there
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam
He watches the tug-boats down canals
And calls out to them when he
Thinks he knows the Captain
Margaret comes to take him home again
Through unforgiving streets that trip him
Though she holds his arm
Sometimes, he thinks he's alone and
He calls her name
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
The winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter
They sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
He sees her for a moment, he calls her name
She makes the bed up singing
Some old love song
She learned it when the song was very new
He hums a line or two
They hum together in the dark
The Dutchman falls asleep
Margaret blows the candles out
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me
Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee
Long ago, I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers that for me