Dreams go bad
from Thumb up in the sun by Swindlestock
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lyrics
Dreams go bad
Is this the path you’ve chosen me?
Was there a turning that I did not see?
Because I can’t believe this is the life I’m living
Is this all that’s in store for me?
I’ve a little money and I know I’m free
But I’m god damned tired of sitting up here alone
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
Is this all that there going to be?
I’ve seen as much beauty as a man can see
Without a woman to share that beauty with
Is this the time for moving on?
Damned tired of being the man who’s been and gone
To more countries than he’s had human relations
Those endless destinations
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
I’m tired of living this hippy dream
There’s no women in this hippy scene
And ain’t that the reason it all began?
So thanks for all the starry nights
And thanks for all those endless sights
But my hippy ideal is one of free loving
And that ain’t coming
No it ain’t!
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
So I’ll pack my smile for another scene
One not so pure and not so green
Cos’ I got everything I wanted and it wasn’t
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
Oh yes they can
Oh yes they can
Down to the man
Down to the man
It don’t matter who you are
We ain’t all born to go far
And sometimes dreams can go bad
Is this the path you’ve chosen me?
Was there a turning that I did not see?
Because I can’t believe this is the life I’m living
Is this all that’s in store for me?
I’ve a little money and I know I’m free
But I’m god damned tired of sitting up here alone
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
Is this all that there going to be?
I’ve seen as much beauty as a man can see
Without a woman to share that beauty with
Is this the time for moving on?
Damned tired of being the man who’s been and gone
To more countries than he’s had human relations
Those endless destinations
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
I’m tired of living this hippy dream
There’s no women in this hippy scene
And ain’t that the reason it all began?
So thanks for all the starry nights
And thanks for all those endless sights
But my hippy ideal is one of free loving
And that ain’t coming
No it ain’t!
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
So I’ll pack my smile for another scene
One not so pure and not so green
Cos’ I got everything I wanted and it wasn’t
Dreams can sometimes fall by the wayside
No matter how much care you took to ride
And it’s best not to invest in them
Lest you’re prepared to invest again
For sometimes dreams can go bad
Oh yes they can
Oh yes they can
Down to the man
Down to the man
It don’t matter who you are
We ain’t all born to go far
And sometimes dreams can go bad
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from Thumb up in the sun,
released January 12, 2011
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Swindlestock Oxford, UK
Swindlestock celebrates the life of the itinerant soul. Country, Blues and Folk tales from the byways of the world, seen from two wheels at speed or more slowly by feet, here are songs of place and the people we meet...
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