Dreaming with My Eyes Open

I spent half my life on bended knee begging somebody to change
 And the other half prayin' to God that they never would
 And all it got me was twice as lost when it all turned out the same
 But all that beggin' finally did somebody good
 I used to dream all night
 Of a day that was gone
 But come the mornin' light
 Forever from now on
 Gonna do my dreamin' with my eyes wide open
 I'll do my looking back
 With my eyes closed
 We can do some livin'
 Or spend our whole life hopin'
 Cause in the end we're left with
 The one we chose
 So I'll do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
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 Every time the world moved on, I fell a little further behind
 From runnin' back or followin someone home
 Until I learned that one step forward will take you further on
 Than a thousand back or a million that ain't your own
 I used to dream all night
 Of a day that was gone
 But come the mornin' light
 Forever from now on
 Gonna do my dreamin' with my eyes wide open
 I'll do my looking back
 With my eyes closed
 We can do some livin'
 Or spend our whole life hopin'
 But in the end we're left with
 The one we chose
 So I'll do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
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 We can do some livin'
 Or spend our whole life hopin'
 Cause in the end we're left with
 The one we chose
 So I'll do my dreaming with my eyes wide open