I Dreamed There Were Unicorns          (Bill Caddick)

We were traveling north to sing and play For friends that we had never met

Been working hard and didn't speak The sky was grey and threatened wet

And I dreamed that I saw unicorns, dreamed I saw them wild and white

Their restless beauty lit the world, like a star will light a winter's night

Pure as love with manes of milk, they danced and pranced and cried aloud

Bright as rainbows round the stars ,their eyes were soft and sad and proud

And I wept for the wild and dirty world, to which this beauty now was lost

And cursed the hungry mind of man, that feeds the future at such cost

My head was bowed, my eyes were closed, when in my ears their voices rang

And these few words lodged deep inside, and in my very soul they sang

We never went away, you always knew that we were near

Remember how to look for us; you'll find we’re always here

I raised my eyes to seek them out, the world was empty all around

The rain came tumbling from the sky, it drowned all dreams upon the ground

And when they asked me why I wept, like one who for his lost love mourns

The only answer I could give,  “I dreamed that there were unicorns”

We never went away You always knew that we were near

Remember how to look for us You'll see we were always here