Dreams

All that I felt on the first time it happened Was the feeling of something bad coming true One day I was happy, one day I was laughing Then somewhere a chain snapped Like that, I was loose Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to? Why don't anything feel as real as it once was? I feel so sad but that ain't how I choose to It shouldn't have to hurt so bad but it does Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone It was a summer night when I found my religion I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm And the Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision And I felt better a little while but then it was gone I went to the mountain then I went to the cavern I washed myself in the river and I waited on love But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her And she was taking pictures of people who came into the mall And she took my portrait as well as she could do With someone who seemed to be not there at all I stayed with her a while and I called myself happy I clung to her hands and her hair and her mouth But like every man who finds out he is drowning I held onto her hard until I just wore her out Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone So I took off south like the beat of a bat wing I fell in with this boat salesman and a kid One carried the nails for his own crucifixion The other one seemed to screw up whatever he did The kid always loved me like I was his neighbor He asked all about me and my life on the road And the boat salesman, when he found out he wasn't a savior Shot himself in the head in a Key West Payday Loan I got jobs and I lost them like the beat of a drummer Who lost sleep, and got drunk, and couldn't see through his tears And just how I survived I cannot even remember But I know that it lasted a couple of years I moved down deep into the jungle during those days I existed on oranges and oxygen But I carried the sadness against which even the old ways Reached their limits of power and could not defend Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream… I wandered through temples covered over with Saints' days I wandered through drug labs and kidnaps and graves I tried my best to meet death by the jaguar or AK But I was covered over with grief And by this I was saved When I was up, I saw the connection between all of all things When I was up, I was so high up above That the world appeared to me electric and thrilling With the fineness of lightning and the sweet milk of love When I was down, the whole world melted In burning black plastic wherever I chanced to be And off that, I was judged With some kind of a tragic mistake that had somehow crawled out of the sea How long until I'm free of these devils that bind me? How long until I live the life that I have? Can I outstrip a creator who searches and finds me Then leaves me with demons that I already have? Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone I went to the doctor who sent me to a doctor Who sent me to a doctor who sent me to a room And that's where I waited, with the world ending around me And the voices in my head spinning 'round in a tomb She gave me a bottle and I took what was in it The stuff in my bloodstream started to rattle and fizz And I know that they're working but the devil is still down there I tell myself that it's better and sometimes it is What else is there to say but to tell you that I love you I haven't seen much of the world But I know that there aren't any others who know me like you do And your comfort seems to follow me wherever I go I know you're no cure for the darkness inside me But it feels better just to know that you're near And your patience, your joy and your strength are astounding And I know that without you I wouldn't be here I know that without you I wouldn't be here I know that without you I would not be here I know that without you I wouldn't be here I know that without you… Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone Yeah