David Wilcox Dream Again lyrics

Dream Again by David Wilcox

Dream Again lyrics

We had time to dream 
Our huckleberry glide downstream 
That's the way it seemed 
Time was cheap as gasoline 

Old Route 66 
Through the sticks 
Was our magic carpet 
How we used to fly and not look down 

Far across the seas 
The history of the ancient empires 
(We were) 
Earning our degrees 
We'd study hard to stoke our own fires 

So summer we could fly 
You and I 
With our headphones blaring 
Whistling through the fallen ruins of Rome 

I know we're not at peace 
Coming back across our border 
Security police 
Change the homeland threat to orange 

Remember back when we were the free 
And the hopeful nation 
Home from our vacation 
Toe that line 

I got no time to rest 
Search for work in Carolina 
We used to make the best 
Now they ship that stuff from China 

Factories closing down 
Left this town 
With our homeless shelters and 
Blankets in the dirt when gates get closed 

Ashes in the dust 
Must have been their campfire burning 
It's boom until it's bust 
That's the lesson we've been learning 

Through our glory days 
All ablaze 
With our pride and promise 
We never saw the ways it all burns down 

We're leaving here tonight 
Walk the rails across that river 
On the other side 
All the future can deliver 

Across this great divide 
River's wide 
Where the future's waiting 
If I can just decide to leave the past 

(Come on) 
It's who we've always been 
The land of dreams and visionaries 
The frontier starts again 
Make our way with what we carry 

The journey is from here 
Hope or fear 
For our children's children 
We are the pioneers 
We have a dream again