Well, I walked along and I felt like pretending The earth stopped moving and nothing was ending, I saw the beggar boys in different places, They wore dirty rags and filthy faces I told them 'hello' and they came and they followed, I gave them my bread and they chewed and the swallowed, And they picked me up and took my hand And I never felt like a better man Well, love was just a dream, You know I never got no sleep Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street Well, we talked all night and I felt very tired So I laid down and I looked at the fire And I thought about nothing at all And then in the morning I was up at dawn We talked to the people who wanted to hide us Nothing they said then could ever divide us And I pulled out everything I know And I never ever went back home Well, love was just a dream, You know I never got no sleep Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street Take me I was you (you were me) He was she (she was he) They were us (we were they) It was real (we were free) I was God (God is cool) God is you (God is me) I was one (we were two) They were three (three is three) I was me (you were you) Love was us (we were love) I was gone (you were there) You were here (I was everywhere) I was this (this is me) I was young (you were old) I was hot (you were cold) I was all (You were everything) Love was just a dream, You know I never got no sleep Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street Yeah, love was just a dream, You know I never got no sleep Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street