Lyrics

[Verse 1] The Dutchman's not the kind of man Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam That holds his dreams in But that's a secret that only Margaret knows When Amsterdam is golden in the summer Margaret brings him breakfast She believes him He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow [Pre-Chorus] He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes [Chorus] Let us go to the banks of the ocean Wherе the walls rise above thе Zuider Zee Long ago, I used to be a young man Now dear Margaret remembers that for me [Verse 2] The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes His cap and coat are patched with the love That Margaret sewed there Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam He watches the tug-boats down canals Calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain 'Til Margaret comes to take him home again [Pre-Chorus] Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name [Chorus] Let us go to the banks of the ocean Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee Long ago, I used to be a young man Now dear Margaret remembers that for me [Verse 3] The windmills whirl the winter in She winds his muffler tighter As they sit in the kitchen Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew He sees her for a moment, calls her name out While she makes the bed up singing some old love song A song Margaret learned when it was very new [Pre-Chorus] He hums a line or two, they sing together in the dark The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out [Chorus] Let us go to the banks of the ocean Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee Long ago, I used to be a young man Now dear Margaret remembers that for me Let us go to the banks of the ocean Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee Long ago, I used to be a young man Now dear Margaret remembers that for me [Outro] Now dear Margaret remembers that for me