Dreams Old Men Dream

Thought I was laying in the gutter

In milk cartons and bones

But I was standing on a mountain top

Looking over your homes

Thought I was laying in my garden

With my hands deep in soil

But I was there on an island

Shooting flares at your boat

Thought I was soothing like a violin

Confess a new reign

But I was popping like a trumpet

Frantic for fame

Thought I was built like a building's built

On concrete and stone

I realized I'm just a hack actor

Finished playing my role

You're reading my books, 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 newspaper

Obituary

Thought I was nervous like a mailman

Reading your letter's deal

But I was at our anniversary

Toasting thirty years

You're reading my books, 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

Push, drop me in or outside

I don't care, I don't care

Make the media black sky

I don't care, I don't care

The neighbors 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 pen

These are dreams old men dream