Lost In A Dream

Don't you know you better watch this man,
Better look him in the eye
See if he returns your look or if he
Tries to stay a little shy
Maybe soon you'll get involved again
Better best beware
You may expose this man for what he is,
And prove he just doesn't care

And i believe in the things that i said
And the prosecution rests
But if you're gonna try and defend this man
I said you better do your doggone best

He's been consistent for quite a few years
Said he always acts the same
Check the record of the things that he's done
And you'll know the nature of his game

There just ain't no reason for the way that i feel
The way that i feel, but i'm feeling good

Lately things just ain't been going quite like they should
Quite like they should, but i still feel good

Let me explain that i witnessed the end of the world
Like someone had hurled all the weight on me

I couldn't see from my funeral walk just what i needed
Just what i needed, but i couldn't see

I spent the last few weeks with a chip on my shoulder
I thought that i was alone with my tragedy (i couldn't take it)

But if i see myself like an actor in a play,
It makes me feel better; i'm not the only one
Who doesn't get his way

Outlaw running from the law but he's
Got nowhere to run to
Big law he broke it and ran faster
Than the lightning bolt
Chasing down the golden sun, running away
From the blue
He ran with no direction in mind, just
Running like a crazy colt

And he's gonna run let the four winds slap his face
He's gonna fly, let the sky be his guide
He's gonna lie beneath a blanket of stars
He's gonna run, wild as the western wind

Bad lands are sheltering him, maybe dakota's
His home
Red man's become his friend, when no one else
Would have him
There's an indian woman who keeps him from
Being alone
She stands tall by his side, but the law's
Got him out on a limb

It's the season of the golden leaves
When the wind turns into a bitter breeze

I was walking thru the oak leaves on the hill
With my lady, oh she's got a strong will
And i see her thru these ever-clouded eyes
This time it's goodbye and i can't answer why

Maybe it's because i ain't quite shy of running yet
Or maybe it's because i'm the hometown boy in the spotlight
But my roots ain't in the ground
They're on the road

Settle down was all i ever heard from her
"if you cared," she said, "you would weigh my words"
But my life doesn't ride on the factory road
Baby, don't ask me why, i can't even pretend to know

Give me a ride on your roller coaster
Give me a thrill, i can't help feelin' bored
Give me a dime to call my baby closer
'cause i'm alone, i'm feelin' bored
I can't help thinking i'm ignored

I've been away far too long to recall
Just what it's like to be among my friends
Give me a pill to ease my nervous tension
'cause i can't hardly see the end
I long to be among my friends

I've been on the road for too long, i don't know
I'm walking around and i don't know where to go.
Well i'm half-crazed and i don't know who to be
Won't you please! help me please!
Won't you please! i long to be at ease!

Give me a ride on your magic carpet
Take me away from this mediocrity
What must i do to get me feeling better
I guess it all boils down to me
Responsibility's on me