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He lived alone in townHis friends were many and trueHe drank and took the easy loveOf street girls that he knewAnd he met a girl one daySaid 'come home with me tonight''Oh no!' she cried 'I never will.' And she left him there aloneAnd the days went by, and daysWent by and they did longFor each other every hourBut still she'd not be bound'In the places of young menI never will be foundBut think you not that I don't loveFor my heart is ripe and full''How cold you are!' he said'I guess you must not careFor me. But tell me,Where it is you'd goFor I'd take you anywhere''Then come to a forest greenWhere I may love you freeBeyond the confines of your wallsAnd beyond the sweetest words''And beyond the mountains highBeyond the fields of shameAnd beyond the prettiest wedding ringFor I'd never take your name''And wander with me nowOr wander all forlornBut know I love you, tearful one,Much more than I can show'He could not understandHe thought she could not care'Oh, take me far away,' she'd criedAnd he could not hear her prayerAnd he wandered off aloneTo never know her dreamAnd she still dwells within the forestLonging for his love'So, wander with me nowOr wander off aloneBut know I love you, tearful one,Much more than I can show'