Dreams Old Men Dream

Thought I was laying in the gutter in
 Milk cartons and bones
 But I was standing on a mountin top
 Looking over your homes
 Thought I was laying my garden with
 My hands deep in soil
 But I was there on an island
 Shooting flares at your boat
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 Thought I was soothing like a violin
 Confessing new rain
 But I was piping like a trumpet
 Frantic for fame
 Thought I was built like a building's built
 Iron, concrete and stone
 I realize I'm just a hack actor
 Finished playing my role
 Your reading my thoughts
 Dreams old men dream
 It's just like when we were kids
 We'd lay around wondering
 We try to listen to what they say
 Thought I was writing for a hundred hours
 Looking straight into me
 But I was reading on the news paper
 Obituaries
 Thought I was nervous like a mailman
 Reading your letters, dear
 But I was at our anniversary
 Toasting 30 years
 Your reading my thoughts
 Dreams old men dream
 It's just like when we were kids
 We'd lay around wondering
 We try to listen to what they say
 We try to listen to what they say
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 Push my piano outside
 I don't care, I don't care
 Beneath the meteor black sky
 I don't care, I don't care
 The neighbours will complain
 Let them stare, let them stare
 Who knows where the time goes?
 I don't care, I don't care
 What would you think of me if I told you
 I haven't slept in weeks?
 I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin
 These are dreams old men dream