The 'B' side of the single 'Throw Down A Line' - release date September 6, 1969 <br /> <br />Record Date: July 29, 1969 <br />Record Location: Abbey Road Studios, London <br />Written By: Cliff Richard & Keith Craddock <br />Produced By: (A Norrie Paramor production by) Peter Vince <br />Engineered By: Unknown <br />Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals, guitar) <br /> <br />LYRICS <br /> <br />Last night I had a dream, <br />Through a swirling fog I walked along on the edge of a stream, <br />I heard somebody groan, <br />I stopped, looked into a pool, <br />And I saw the reflection of a fool <br />I saw the reflection of a fool. <br />Dragging him by his throat <br />Were the collar and the links of a chain, <br />On his shoulders a coat, <br />On his feet shoes of pain, <br />The coat was strife, <br />The chain was pride, <br />I saw the reflection, and I cried <br />I saw the reflection, and I cried <br />Tears for myself a fool, <br />A man chained by independence, <br />Gripped by despair so cruel, <br />My life was a lot of nonsense, <br />My eyes were closed, but in my mind, <br />I saw the reflection so unkind, <br />I saw the reflection so unkind <br />Sick of life - scared of death <br />My days just one long futility, <br />Feeling my emptiness, I cried "God set me free", <br />I looked once more - I don't know how, <br />But I saw the reflection changing now, <br />I saw the reflection changing now <br />A man was in my place <br />A man with holes in his hands and side, <br />A man I could not face, <br />The man I had crucified, <br />On him was my coat, <br />My chains and my shoes, <br />And between reflections I must choose, <br />Between reflections I must choose, <br />Repeat twice..
