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The Dream
(Barker)
I've always been a dreamer
On my dreams I could rely
To shield me from reality
And point me to the sky
To free me from the heartache
That accompanies each day
I pretend that I'm an eagle
And I simply fly away
I was born in East Kentucky
'Neath a pale Scorpio moon
A fantasy filled childhood seemed
To come and go too soon
By the time that I was eight years old
I’d bought a cheap guitar
And soon my music placed me
On a pathway to the stars
Chorus:
It's like I have been sentenced to life with no reprieve
I guess that I am cursed to wear my heart upon my sleeve
Sometimes I feel I’m drowning in a sea of make believe
But I've never forsaken the dream
My wife she tried to make it work
She did the best she could
I laid her down on her momma’s couch
And took her maidenhood
She sang, I played guitar
And for a time we were a team
But somewhere in my soul I knew
She never shared the dream
She followed me to Tennessee
By then the thrill was gone
And the dreamer in me wouldn't rest
Till I was on my own
I kissed her cheek and we signed the papers
And a tear come to her eye
I felt a pain inside me
But I knew I couldn't cry
2nd Chorus:
I have lost emotion I never will retrieve
I wish it could be different, but I'm not that naive
Sometimes I feel I'm drowning in a sea of make believe
But I've never forsaken the dream
The dreamer picks his guitar up and lights a cigarette
And reflects upon a lifetime filled with promise and regret
He strums a chord and the muse appears to ferry him away
Upon the wings of fantasy so far above the fray |
