(Tony Arata)
I spent half my life on bended knee
Begging somebody to change
And the other half prayinç£Ãƒâ€¹Ã…“o 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 morning light
Forever from now on
Gonna do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
I�l do my looking back
With my eyes closed
We can do some living
Or spend our whole life hopin?
In the end weç£ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“e left with
The one we chose
So I�l do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
Every time the world moved on
I fell a little further behind
From running back or following someone home
Until I learned that one step forward
Will take you further on
Than a thousand back or a million that ainç£Ãƒâ€¹Ã…“
Your own
I used to dream all night
Of a day that was gone
But come the morning light
Forever from now on
Gonna do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
I�l do my looking back
With my eyes closed
We can do some living
Or spend our whole life hopin?
In the end weç£ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“e left with
The one we chose
So I�l do my dreaming with my eyes wide open
We can do some living
Or spend our whole life hopin?
In the end weç£ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“e left with
The one we chose
So I�l do my dreaming with my eyes wide openJimmy always was a restless boy
You could see it in his eyes
There was something wrong when I watched my son
When Jimmy watched the skies
And very often on an Iowa night
I'd see him standing in the yard
I can't describe how I loved that boy
But Jimmy loved the stars
And I remember he'd make paper boats
They seemed to bring him peace of mind
And then one day he sailed away
Leaving me behind
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Singing, "Some day I'll be going away
And I don't know when I'm coming home
I'm leaving on a moonbeam
I'm sailing away on a star
I don't think I'm ever coming home"
While all the other kids were flying kites
Jimmy was nowhere to be found
He coudln't bear to see it ride the air
While he was on the ground
And though he always got along with the girls
I knew he'd never settle down
He had a date with a greater love
The first ship out of town
So if you see that boy of mine
Tell him I hope he's doing well
And sometimes on a starry night
I swear that I can hear him still
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