I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing When he left he promised me he'd be back By the time it was revealing The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow Over the fields of clover And time is running out for me I wish That he would hurry down from Dover He's been gone so long When he left the snow was deep upon the ground And I have seen a spring and summer pass And now the leaves are turning brown And any time a tiny face will show itself 'Cause waiting's almost over But I won't have a name to give it If he doesn't hurry down from Dover From Dover From Dover My folks weren't understanding when they found out They sent me from the home place My daddy said if folks found out He'd be ashamed to ever show his face My mamma said I was a fool She did not believe it when I told her Mamma everything would be all right Soon he will be coming down from Dover I found a place to stay out On a farm takin' care of that old lady She never asked me nothin' So I never talked to her about my baby I sent a messgae to my mom With a name and address of Miss. Ol' Grover And to make sure he got that information When he came down from Dover I loved him more than anything And I could not refuse him when he needed me He was the only one I'd loved And I just can't believe that he was using me He wouldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so, it can't be over He wouldn't make me go through this alone He'll be coming down from Dover My body aches the time is here It's lonely in this place where I'm lying Our baby has been born but something's wrong It's too still I hear no crying I guess in some strange way she knew She'd never have a father's arms to hold her So dying was her way of telling me He wasn't coming down from Dover From Dover (Dover) From Dover Down from Dover

I'm on the white cliffs of Dover Thinking it over and over But if I jump, it's all over A cautionary tale for you (oh) Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh I'd like to roll in the clover With you over and over On the white cliffs of Dover And then I'd let you push me over And if that is the fact, then in actual fact It's not where it's at, and it's over And if that is the fact, then in actual fact It's not where it's at, it's all over Yes, it is Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh And now the bluebirds are over Over the white cliffs of Dover And when you push me over Don't bury me, I'm not worth anything La-la-la-la, la, la, la, la La-la-la-la, la, la, la, la And if that is the fact, then in actual fact It's not where it's at, and it's over And if that is the fact, then in actual fact It's not where it's at, it's all over Yes, it is Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh

Yesterdays, yesterdays, Days I knew as happy sweet sequestered days Olden days, golden days, Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine Truth was mine Joyous free and flaming life Then truth was mine Sad am I, glad am I, For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays Yesterdays, yesterdays, Days I knew as happy sweet sequestered days Golden days, olden days, Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine Truth was mine Joyous free and flaming life Then truth was mine Sad am I, glad am I, For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays

In my solitude you haunt me With memories of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never die I sit in my chair And filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom everywhere, I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go mad In my solitude, I'm afraid Dear Lord above Send back my love I sit in my chair And filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom everywhere, I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go mad In my solitude, I'm afraid Dear Lord above Send me back my love

It is safe to sleep alone In a place no one knows And to seek life under stones In a place water flows. It is best to find in sleep The missing pieces that you lost Best that you refuse to weep Ash to ash, dust to dust. It is strange to sleep alone In a place no one knows Strange to shelter under stones In a place water flows. It is safe to walk with me Where you can read the sky and stars, Safe to walk upon the sea In my sleep we can go far. It is safe to sleep alone In a place no one knows And to shelter under stones In a place water flows. It is strange to sleep alone In a place no one goes, Strange to seek life under stones. In my sleep no one knows.