[00:05.10]When I build my home,
[00:08.61]That I shall have some day;
[00:12.00]It'll be like I want it
[00:15.15]Oh - and I mean that in every way.
[00:19.29]I have yet to see any
[00:23.43]That would cope with the style -
[00:27.60]Of the house that I dream of;
[00:28.92]That I'll build after a while.
[00:35.25]The roof of it will have peak lines,
[00:39.42]And contours that dip;
[00:43.47]And form shadowy eaves,
[00:47.10]Where the little raindrops can drip.
[00:51.39]... That sweet pitter patter,
[00:55.47]Of raindrops at play -
[00:59.40]Is such a beautiful sound
[01:03.24]On a quiet gloomy day.
[01:07.56]You know, when the wind is high,
[01:11.49]And the storm gods race,
[01:16.38]And I'll be snugged up
[01:19.89]By my fire-place.
[01:24.15]Maybe feeding my little dog,
[01:28.44]Or playing with my little cat.
[01:31.80]But unconsciously yearning,
[01:35.43]And wonderin' where you're at.
[01:39.90]But when the meadow is shadowed
[01:44.10]By that old sinking sun;
[01:48.09]And the roses are bowing
[01:52.23]For the dew drops to come;
[01:57.03]At my old upright piano,
[02:00.96]With pure ivory keys,
[02:04.83]I'll just plunk out some vibrations
[02:08.07]Of whatever I please.
[02:11.67]Sometimes it'll be classics,
[02:15.93]Sometimes lullabies;
[02:19.59]But mostly rock n' roll
[02:21.09]- that I'll surely improvise.
[02:27.81]And with my favourite guitar,
[02:31.41]I'll be just strummin' away
[02:35.67]And bidding goodbye,
[02:39.12]To another beautiful day.
[03:17.07]A portrait of my angel,
[03:19.62]That I love most of all -
[03:23.10]I'll have painted from a snapshot
[03:26.58]Onto my bedroom wall.
[03:31.05]Where the suns warm rays,
[03:34.86]And the moon's cold beam
[03:38.82]Will cast her reflection,
[03:42.69]As I lay there and dream.
[03:46.95]You know, I can't deny
[03:48.36]- but it makes me so sad,
[03:55.20]When I think that I've lost
[03:58.95]All that I could have had.
[04:02.94]It was best for her -
[04:06.12]And I guess I, I know;
[04:10.23]That she measured my love -
[04:14.04]And then asked me to go.
[04:18.51]Then Finally my house,
[04:22.53]I will have it complete.
[04:27.60]And I'll take up a smoke,
[04:30.30]Sitting by the window sill.
[04:34.20]And I'll read my many books
[04:37.26]That I'll have in my bachelors nest;
[04:41.43]While the sun goes drooping
[04:43.68]- down in the west.
[04:50.07]And I'll feel that gold,
[04:52.77]Warm light on my face;
[04:57.75]And then I'll start trippin'
[04:59.34]To some far off place.
[05:05.16]That through all of my travels,
[05:08.52]I must have missed somewhere -
[05:12.51]A place that I might find
[05:16.29]My angel someday.
[05:20.43]And I'll leave all that I have
[05:24.12]To the gods, up above;
[05:28.14]And go spend my life searching
[05:32.52]For the angel, that I love.
[05:36.81]For all of my dreams,
[05:40.20]Would be but a souvenir;
[05:44.01]Compared to the one
[05:45.69]That I love so dear.