I rolled on, the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
There’s something good waitin’ down this road
I’m pickin’ up whatever’s mine
I’m runnin’ down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads
Runnin’ down a dream
Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream yourself a dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream until your dreams come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on, dream on, ahhh
Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter,
Seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines,
Dashing through meadows of yellow and green,
Trying to catch the impossible dream,
Leaving the straight life behind.
Well, woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand
Whose wine? What wine? Where the hell did I dine?
Must have been a dream, I don’t believe where I’ve been
Come on, let’s do it again
Do you…you, feel like I do?
How’d ya feel?
Do you…you, feel like I do?
You done the right thing
I wanna thank you too
Now let’s have a little drink, just me and you
I don’t care what the people are thinkin’
I ain’t drunk - I’m just drinkin’
'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me
Why not me?
We had a real love
She just didn’t think we could put it all together
Why not me?
Gone is the romance that was so divine.
'tis broken and cannot be mended.
You must go your way,
And I must go mine.
But now that our love dreams have ended…
What’ll I do
When you are far away
And I am blue
What’ll I do?
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
But I won’t do that
No I won’t do that
If I could
Baby, I’d give you my world
How can I
When you won’t take it from me
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You an call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
Sittin’ here resting my bones
And this loneliness won’t leave me alone, listen
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home, now
I’m just gon’ sit at the dock of a bay
Watchin’ the tide roll away, ooh
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time
The lights in the harbor
Don’t shine for me
I’m like a lost ship
Adrift on the sea
But I’m sad to say I’m on my way
Won’t be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Oh, bare grace misery
Just a Child without a fairytale am I
Dark but so lovely
A Little Match Girl freezing in the snow
It’s cold outside, it gets so hot in here
The boys and girls collide to the music in my ear
I hear the children crying and I know it’s time to go
I hear the children crying
Take me home
I really can’t stay (but baby, it’s cold outside)
I’ve got to go away (but baby, it’s cold outside)
This evening has been (been hoping that you’d drop in)
So very nice (I’ll hold your hands, they’re just like ice)
You’re saying, no no no I must be on my way
But it really has been a pleasant night
And you go so slow, hope they’ll ask you to stay
And indifference gives you a fright
It’s hard to see how the tables have turned
It’s hard to see how the people have learned
It’s hard to watch the past drizzling past
It’s hard to watch them picking the cast
They walked alone by the old canal
A little confused I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.
In the shuffling madness of the locomotive breath
Runs the all-time loser headlong to his death
He feels the piston scraping, steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train it won’t stop going
No way to slow down