To Anna

Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?
This ship has sailed, and I bid farewell to the shores familiar to me
Gravity releases its hold on my tired feet
Luminescent moonlight falls upon the sails

I had a dream
I had a dream
We were running through the tall grass together
If I had a wish
If I had a wish
I would wish to stay forever and ever with you
With you, oh, oh
But childhood came and left us like a dream

I toss my anchor recklessly overboard
I wanna stay in the starry sky a little while more
When you bring me down, will you bring me down softly?
I'll open my eyes and I'll see a world so strange to me

And I had a dream
I had a dream
Our hair was wild, our feet bare and dirty
If I had a wish
If I had a wish
I would take us to the time we were careless and free
Careless and free, careless and free, and free
But childhood came and left us like a dream