He lived alone in town His friends were many and true         He drank and took the easy love Of street girls that he knew       And he met a girl one day      Said "come home with me tonight"   "Oh no!" she cried "I never will." And she left him there alone     And the days went by and days       Went by and they did long      For each other every hour But still she’d not be bound      "In the places of young men       I never will be found    But think you not that I don’t love For my heart is ripe and full"                       "How cold you are!" he said     "I guess you must not care       For me. But tell me Where it is you’d go For I’d take you anywhere"       "Then come to a forest green       Where I may love you free      Beyond the confines of your walls And beyond the sweetest words"     "And beyond the mountains high       Beyond the fields of shame      And beyond the prettiest wedding ring For I’d never take your name"       "And wander with me now        Or wander all forlorn    But know I love you tearful one Much more than I can show"                        He could not understand        He thought she could not care       "Oh take me far away" she’d cried And he could not hear her prayer      And he wandered off alone       To never know her dream   And she still dwells within the forest Longing for his love                         "So wander with me now       Or wander off alone    But know I love you tearful one Much more than I can show"