In the last sweet moments of a childhood sleep I gaze briefly on what my dreams could keep Then I wish with a childlike hope To dream along and never wake up Then runnin unafraid and approach the enchanted play(?) There in order once and free Each one ya and each one dressed quite as they please With a circus of a passing rhyme Found my eye and read my mind Saying come, if your heart then wishes or will And running away from school My head close to sleep holding close to dream Til' I almost join what I'd seen Then I woke in sorrow, brought my mind back from the start Oh how far, I thought, from where I was In the last sweet moments of a childhood sleep I gaze briefly on what my dreams could let me keep