I Dream Alone

I was born near the factory

Where Henry wrote his name

Sometimes I could hear the whistle blow

My father pushed his headlights

Thru that northern English rain

He was proud of everything he drove

And mother's hair was fashioned

For that very special day

She cried on board the liner

And tried to wave good-bye

Five weeks of remembering, those names we couldn't say

Staring at the South Pacific sky

I share my life with the immigrants and the ramblers

I drink my wine with the middlemen and the gamblers

I spend my time with schemers on the phone

But when I dream, I dream alone, I dream alone

I dream alone, I dream alone

As soon as we set foot on the sunburnt land

The mountains all around us ran with fire

My family knew right then that our best laid plans

Would have to reach a lot higher

I share my life with the immigrants and the ramblers

I drink my wine with the middlemen and the gamblers

I spend my time with schemers on the phone

But when I dream, I dream alone, I dream alone

I dream alone, I dream alone

Rows of simple houses, kids out on the street

Windows all aglow from the brand new TV sets

Screen door always slamming in that endless summer heat

My father working late to pay his debts

My father working late to pay hid debts

Now my little boy is safe in the comfort of his bed

The monster he invented we both chased into the night

His puzzle lies in pieces by the book that we just read

The story of a man who touched the sky ...

I share my life with the immigrants and the ramblers

I drink my wine with the middlemen and the gamblers

I spend my time with schemers on the phone

But when I dream, I dream alone ...

I share my life with the immigrants and the ramblers

I drink my wine with the middlemen and the gamblers

I spend my time with schemers on the phone

But when I dream, I dream alone, I dream alone

I dream alone, I dream alone