Neil Young — It’s a Dream

[Verse 1] In the morning when I wake up and listen to the sound Of the birds outside on the roof I try to ignore what the paper says And I try not to read all the news And I'll hold you if you had a bad dream And I hope it never comes true 'Cause you and I been through so many things together And the sun starts climbing the roof... [Chorus] It's a dream Only a dream And it's fading now Fading away It's only a dream Just a memory Without anywhere to stay [Verse 2] The red river stills flows through my hometown Rollin' and tumblin' on its way Swirling around the old bridge pilings Where a boy fishes the morning away His bicycle leans on an oak tree While the cars rumble over his head An airplane leaves a trail in an empty blue sky And the young birds call out to be fed [Chorus] It's a dream Only a dream And it's fading now Fading away It's only a dream Just a memory Without anywhere to stay [Verse 3] An old man walks along the sidewalk With sunglasses and an old Stetson hat Fall winds blow the back of his overcoat away As he stops with the policeman to chat And a train rolls out of the station That was really somethin' in its day Pickin' up speed on the straight prairie rails As it carries the passengers away [Chorus] It's gone It's only a dream And it's fading now Fading away Only a dream Just a memory Without anywhere to stay It's a dream Only a dream And it's fading now Fading away It's only a dream Just a memory Without anywhere to stay [Outro] It's a dream It's only a dream And it's fading now Fading away