Innocent When You Dream lyrics

(prelude)

This is a song my dad taught me when I was a kid.

That's a lie.

This is a song I learned from some kids in the alley...uh behind the theatre.

That's a lie too.

I learned this from Gregory Peck.

That too is a lie.

They're all lies.

The whole song's a lie.

No, it's not.

I learned this from Pat Brody.

(song)

Well the bats are in the belfry,

And the dew is on the moor

Where are the arms that held me,

And pledged her love before,

And pledged her love before

Chorus:

And it is such a sad old feeling

For the fields are soft and green

And it is memories that I'm stealing

But you are innocent when you dream,

When you dream

You are innocent when you dream,

When you dream

You are innocent when you dream

I made a my love a promise

That we would never part

I gave my love a locket

And then I broke her heart

And then I broke her heart

Chorus:

We were running through the graveyard

And we laughed, my friends and I

We swore we'd be together

Until the day we die

Until the day we die

Chorus: (2x)

• Artist:Tom Waits
• Album:Franks Wild Years (1987)