Hi Polly . . . really enjoyed your song delivery here, very strong and heartfelt lyrics, and a good melody to match. I also found it interesting that there isn't the usual 4/4 meter, it's just the guitar finger picking driving it along, and not so tied to a structured timeline. Totally works for me.

I like the lyric "and decode the minds of men" and think it works perfect at that point in the song . . . I didn't get it until I read your lyrics after, so maybe you could clarify pronunciation there, think it's important.

If I were to sing it, of course I would use the line "and decode the minds of women" . . . but that's another story, for another time 🙂

(oops, are sideways happy faces still acceptable on forums ? . . . Still new here, so feeling things out . . . I really appreciate the craft of songwriting, and you've definitely got some of that going here in your song)

@popitup

Thank you very much popitup! And I imagine decoding the minds of women would be a lot harder!

@polly

Yes, agreed ! I've navigated and studied the roadmap of women all my life, and still don't know where I'm goin'

(hmm, maybe a song there somewhere ?)

A nice lyric and melody, Polly, with that gentle old time folk feeling that you do so well. The verse with the line that Popitup liked so much stands out for me.

The printed Lyric isn't in the order you sing it. I think I have them in the order you sing them, below. 
Ending each Verse, or 'main' Verse with the title Line, THE Hook, is a 'Refrain-Type Chorus, as opposed to a 'Stanza-Type Chorus'. It works well in Folk Songs. 
(Introductory Movement: 011)
(Verse I) 

I would +stay  with +you 'til the sun burns out,

you would give my li-ife its meaning,

I would always hold you in my mind,

ah but +there Ain't No Use In Dreamin'.

(Verse II: 031)

Oh it's no secret. Fate can be cruel,

brought us here together,

and made me think I +was the only one

that you would +wa-ant forever.

(Verse III: 0:54) 

I would love you for a thousand years,

you would be my reason for being,

I would kiss away your lonely tea-ears,

ah but +there Ain't No Use In Dreamin'.

(Verse IV: 1:14)

I thought I got things figured out,

and that I finally understand,

could read the writing on everyone's soul

and decode the mi-inds of men.

(Verse V: 1:35) 

Oh what is love, what is it anyway?

Is it just another useless feeling?

I'd like to try and find it anyway,

ah but +there Ain't No Use In Dreamin'.

(Verse VI: 1:54) 

All the things I didn't see,

and all that I did not know,

your love was +never meant for me,

so I'll have to +let it go.

(Verse VII: 2:15)  

I would +stay  with +you 'til the sun burns out,

you would give my li-ife its meaning,

I would always hold you in my mind,

ah but +there Ain't No Use In Dreamin'.

(Coda: 252)

Oh, there Ain't No Use In Dreamin'.

Here's another Structural arrangement of your Verses, to get that strategic last Line in position, and support it by presenting ideas before you get there, as opposed to after.

(Verse I)

Oh it's no secret. Fate can be cruel,

brought us here together,

and made me think I +was the only one

that you would +wa-ant forever.

This Lyric's virtues grow on me with each reading. It's an intriguing expression of a yearning for love, a Love-Interest Character who came into the Singer-Character's life and it didn't work out, the bitter-sweet, the melancholy, the 'moving on' despite the disappointments. I like it Polly.
As always, I urge singers to work on enunciation, diction. The Singer-Character has to 'send' so listeners 'receive' the first time they hear the words, so theor attention is 'hooked'. One trick is to unclutter Lines with unnecessary words, the 'and', 'but', 'because' connectors, and 'that', often easily omitted so other words can be given their place more fully in enunciation. 

@gary-e-andrews

Thank you Gary! Good advice, and I'm so glad you like the lyrics.

Reminds me of something the Avett Brothers would write. Love the melody and your guitar playing really supports the lyrics. Lends itself to the atmosphere really well.

Enjoyed Da Listen Polly.