Released: September 5, 1969
Songwriter: Cliff Richard Keith Craddock
Producer: Peter Vince
Last night I had a dream
Through a swirling fog I walked along on the edge of a stream
I heard somebody groan
I stopped, looked into a pool
And I saw the reflection of a fool
I saw the reflection of a fool
Dragging him by his throat
Were the collar and the links of a chain
On his shoulders a coat
On his feet shoes of pain
The coat was strife
The chain was pride
I saw the reflection, and I cried
I saw the reflection, and I cried
Tears for myself a fool
A man chained by independence
Gripped by despair so cruel
My life was a lot of nonsense
My eyes were closed but in my mind
I saw the reflection so unkind
I saw the reflection so unkind
Sick of life, scared of death
My days just one long futility
Feeling my emptiness, I cried "God set me free"
I looked once more, I don't know how
But I saw the reflection changing now
I saw the reflection changing now
A man was in my place
A man with holes in his hands and side
A man I could not face
The man I had crucified
On him was my coat
My chains and my shoes
And between reflections I must choose
Between reflections I must choose
Through a swirling fog I walked along on the edge of a stream
I heard somebody groan
I stopped, looked into a pool
And I saw the reflection of a fool
I saw the reflection of a fool
Dragging him by his throat
Were the collar and the links of a chain
On his shoulders a coat
On his feet shoes of pain
The coat was strife
The chain was pride
I saw the reflection, and I cried
I saw the reflection, and I cried
Tears for myself a fool
A man chained by independence
Gripped by despair so cruel
My life was a lot of nonsense
My eyes were closed but in my mind
I saw the reflection so unkind
I saw the reflection so unkind
Sick of life, scared of death
My days just one long futility
Feeling my emptiness, I cried "God set me free"
I looked once more, I don't know how
But I saw the reflection changing now
I saw the reflection changing now
A man was in my place
A man with holes in his hands and side
A man I could not face
The man I had crucified
On him was my coat
My chains and my shoes
And between reflections I must choose
Between reflections I must choose
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