The Dutchman-David Roth

[00:17.36]The Dutchman's not the kind of man [00:20.25]Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam [00:23.21]That holds his dreams in, [00:29.21]But that's a secret that only Margaret knows. [00:36.91]When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, [00:40.69]Margaret brings him breakfast, [00:42.79]She believes him. [00:48.57]He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow. [00:52.68]He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes, [00:58.56]Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. [01:04.67]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [01:10.06]Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [01:15.62]Long ago, I used to be a young man [01:20.81]And dear Margaret remembers that for me. [01:35.34]The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, [01:38.04]His cap and coat are patched with the love [01:40.95]That Margaret sewed there. [01:46.77]Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. [01:54.42]And he watches the tug-boats down canals [01:57.59]An' calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain. [02:06.17]Till Margaret comes [02:07.70]To bring him home again [02:10.30]Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm, [02:16.20]Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name. [02:22.15]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [02:27.60]Where the walls rise above the Zuider zee. [02:33.15]Long ago, I used to be a young man [02:38.42]And dear Margaret remembers that for me. [03:14.72]The winters whirl the windmills in [03:17.64]She winds his muffler tighter [03:19.98]And they sit in the kitchen. [03:26.12]Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. [03:34.01]And he sees her for a moment, calls her name, [03:37.77]She makes the bed up humming some old love song [03:45.65]She learned it when the tune was very new [03:49.31]He hums a line or two [03:52.23]They hum together in the night [03:55.32]The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out [04:01.44]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [04:06.75]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee. [04:12.39]Long ago, I used to be a young man [04:17.68]And dear Margaret remembers that for me. [04:42.40]