Oh, it's fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee, The dancing bear ran away with me; For the organ-grinder he came to town With a jolly old bear in a coat of brown. And the funny old chap joined hands with me, While I cut a caper and so did he. Then 'twas fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee, I looked at him, and he winked at me, And I whispered a word in his shaggy ear, And I said, "I will go with you, my dear." Then the dancing bear he smiled and said, Well, he didn't say much, but he nodded his head, As the organ-grinder began to play "Over the hills and far away." With a fiddle-de-dum and a fiddle-de-dee; Oh, I looked at him and he winked at me, And my heart was light and the day was fair, And away I went with the dancing bear. Oh, 'tis fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee, The dancing bear came back with me; For the sugar-plum trees were stripped and bare, And we couldn't find cookies anywhere. And the solemn old fellow he sighed and said, Well, he didn't say much, but he shook his head, While I looked at him and he blinked at me Till I shed a tear and so did he; And both of us thought of our supper that lay Over the hills and far away. Then the dancing bear he took my hand, And we hurried away through the twilight land; And 'twas fiddle-de-dum and fiddle-de-dee When the dancing bear came back with me.

Betty drove the semi, she pulled up to the pump I thought I wanted a Coca-Cola and I started out on a jump She said, "Hold it Dave, come quick, there's something you got to see That man has got a dancing bear tied up to that old tree" I said, "Dance, dance, Dakota dance all around the country store" Me and sweet Betty ain't never seen A bear that could dance before Well, it's one step, two steps, three steps four A bottle of soda and he'll dance some more Dance, dance Dakota dance all around the country store Well, these hippies walked up to the cage Givin' pills to that ole bear I don't know what it was they was giving to him It had him pulling out his hair I tried to keep time with the music, Lord with the beat on my tambourine Gave him some wine from a mason jar and we all began to sing We said, "Dance, dance, Dakota dance all around the country store" Me and sweet Betty ain't never seen A bear that could dance before Well, it's one step, two steps, three steps four A bottle of soda and he'll dance some more Dance, dance Dakota dance all around the country store Well, I went out to Los Angeles, California and I saw a semi truck along the side of the road. it said 'D - kota The Dancing Bear' on the side of it. Now they charged you 50 cents to watch this bear dance around a truck. So I turned to Arlo and I said "Arlo, we ought to get down off these motorcycles and walk over there and see if that's the same bear that Betty told us about When she was driving the semi truck for us back in Nashville, Tennessee." So we got down off our motorcycles and we walked over there eatin' our pickles. Now there was four or five hundred thousand of these hippies freaks standin' around waitin' on a rock festival. It did appear that David Allan Coe, Kris Kristofferson and the Grand Funk Railroad was playin' in town that day And their airplane had got hijacked somewhere over Chicago, Illinois. So it turned out that the people with short hair started throwin' rocks at the people that had long hair. And the people with long hair started throwing the rocks back. We come to find out in California when they had a rock festival you're supposed to carry your own rocks. Well I walked out to bear's cage, the bear looked at me and said: "I know you, you're David Allan Coe that's Arlo Gufrey who sings Country & Western music on jukebox, radio, and television. And y'all gave me some acid when I was in Nashwille and started dancing around this truck. And I said that's right son, that's why I am here because you signed a contract with me, and you owe me 20 percent of all the money you've been making since you've been out here on the road. He said "Man, I ain't got no money". I said "What did you do with it?" he pointed to the next cage and there was a female bear over there shooting up heroin. And before I could say a thing, I turned around I saw a greyhound bus painted black and white, And it said the David Allan Coe show, the mysterious rhinestone cowboy and the Tennessee Hat Band on the side of it. And there was a woman driving the bus, and sure enough it was ol' Pusher Betty And she didn't have no bra on, and she said to me, she said "Hey Dave, come here quick, there's something you gotta see, that man has got a dancing bear, tied up to that old tree" She said, "Dance, dance, Dakota dance all around the country store" Me and sweet Betty ain't never seen A bear that could dance before Well, it's one step, two steps, three steps four A bottle of soda and he'll dance some more Dance, dance Dakota dance all around the country store

En dag när vindarna bär En dag står du och jag här En dag när drömmen når fram När vägarna möts, förstår vi varann En dag vi alla förstår En dag, när stillheten rår En dag jag finner din hand När vägarna möts, förstår vi varann Vi bär på en längtan och vandrar omkring Vandrar men utan att se Vad som än händer, jag kommer till dig Stannar fast timmen är sen Stannar fast timmen är sen Åh... En dag när vindarna bär En dag står du och jag här En dag när drömmen når fram När vägarna möts, förstår vi varann Åh... Allt det vi söker, det finns här intill Allt som vi hoppas ska ske Åh... Vad som än händer, jag kommer till dig Stannar fast timmen är sen Åh... Stannar fast timmen är sen Åh... En dag när vindarna bär En dag står du och jag här Åh... En dag När vägarna möts förstår vi varann En dag vi alla förstår Åh... En dag, när stillheten rår En dag jag finner din hand När vägarna möts, förstår vi varann (En dag när vindarna bär) En dag står du och jag här En dag när drömmen når fram När vägarna möts, förstår vi varann

Have you ever watched a moonbeam As it slid across your windowpane Or struggled with a bit of rain Or danced about the weathervane Or sat along a moving train And wonder where the train has been? Or on a fence with bits of crap Around its bottom Blown there by a wind beam Who searches for the moonbeam Who was last seen Looking at the tracks Of the careless wind beam Moving to the tracks Of the tireless freight train And lighting up the sides Of the weathervane And the bits of rain And the windowpane And the eyes of those Who think they saw what happened Have you ever watched a moonbeam As it slid across your windowpane Or struggled with a bit of rain Or danced about the weathervane Or sat along a moving train And wonder where the train has been? Looking at the track Of the careless wind beam And moving to the tracks Of the tireless freight train And lighting up the sides Of the weathervane And the bits of rain And the windowpane And the eyes of those Who think they saw what happened

Long ago, far away Life was clear, close your eyes Remember is a place from long ago Remember, filled with everything you know Remember, when you're sad and feeling down Remember, turn around Remember life is just a memory Remember close your eyes and you can see Remember, think of all that life can be Remember Dream, love is only in a dream Remember Remember life is never as it seems Dream Dream, love is only in a dream Remember Remember life is never as it seems Dream Long ago, far away Life was clear, close your eyes