[Verse 1]
Long ago a young man sits and plays his waiting game
The things are not the same it seems
As in such tender dreams
Slowly passing, sailing ships on Sunday afternoon
Like people on the moon I see
Are things not meant to be?

[Chorus]
Where do those golden rainbows end (Where do those rainbows end?)
Why is this song so sad?
Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend (Dreaming the dreams my friend)
Loving the love I've loved to
Love is just a word I've heard when things are being said

[Verse 2]
Stories my poor head has told me
Cannot stand the cold
And in between what might've been
And what has come to past
A misbegotten guess, alas
And bits of broken glass

[Chorus]
Where do your golden rainbows end (Where do those rainbows end?)
Why is the song I sing so sad?
Dreaming the dreams I'd do my friend (Dreaming the dreams my friend)
Loving the love I've loved to love
Love is just a word I've heard when things are being said
Stories my poor head has told me
Cannot stand the cold
Where do your golden rainbows end (Where do those rainbows end?)
Why is the song I sing so sad?
Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend (Dreaming the dreams, my friend)
Loving the love I've loved to
Love is just a word I've heard when things are being said
Stories my poor head has told me
Cannot stand the cold