River Of Dreams

When i was a young man
Money was my hero
Something to believe in
Something to be seen
Now looking at the big lie
Looking back on my life
I'm adding up the zeros
In the book of might have been

When i was a young man
I was someone

I know that you think i'm the lonely one
Those black clouds always follow me
No silver lining there for you to find
No star-struck prince on bended knee

And every day you're searching hard
For something you can't find
Broken dreams and promises
The feelings you can't hide
You fool yourself there's nothing wrong
'cause truth is on your side


I'll take your truth and give you back a lie
My secret lives in your deceit
Innocence crumbles in the face of your greed
That's why they call me mr. e


And every day you're searching hard
For something you can't find
A hollow-hearted love that pays
With pictures for the blind
My vision is a window to the
Bottom of your soul
This blindness is the way you feel
About yourself and no one else


Let me take you down to the river side
Hold your hand and lead you in
I can take you down to the river side
But only you can swim


I know no magic forest in this part of town
No mystic rainbow's end, no gold for free
The colours lift you up i push you down
That's why they call me mr. e


And every day you're searching hard
For something you can't find
The pomise lies in endless dreams
A nightmare's what you find
My promise is a window to
The bottom of your soul
This nightmare is the way you feel
About yourself and no one else


Let me take you down to the river side
Hold your hand and lead, lead you in.
I can take you down to the river side
But only you can swim


Let me take you down, down to the river side
Hold your hand and lead you in
I can take you down to the river side
But only you can swim

Time now an empty shell
Memories in the broken glass
The daily journey to despair
Where luck's poured out till nothing's left
And she wants to run away
Away from the light
And the rain falls and the night calls
In the shadows we've all passed

Life like an empty book
With pictures that fade and die
Tears in a bottle of dreams
Schemes that never last
He wants to runaway, away from the lies
And the rain falls and the night calls
In the shadows we've all passed


Hope in an empty box
Reality in a paper cup
Empty in a hungry world
Did they fall or did we push?
And they want to run away
Away from the fight
And the rain falls and the night calls
In the shadows we've all passed
Rain falls and the night calls
In the shadows we've all passed


Spoken by the homeless man:

"i start about half eight in the morning, right, i do a bit of begging, like, till about nine at night-time."

I've been so lost
Too uncertain
Down the long road
Walked on
Got the feeling
Deep inside me
I've waited so long

The mountain we're climbing
We're reaching so high
We're looking for someone
And wondering why
It's hurting too much
And we're searching so far
Hoping for love
To go on
When the best has gone


I was fallen
And forgotten
Found the answer
On the winds of time
Only heartache
Here tomorrow.
If there is no-one
To open up your life


Took me so long
I know just where i'm going
Took me so long
Know that you're the one
Took me so long
You're lighting up the fire
In my heart


And the mountains we climb
Seem to go higher
Look for someone
And we're wondering why
It's hurting too much
And we're searching so far
Hoping for love
Waited so long


Took me so long
I know just where i'm going
Took me so long
Know that you're the one
Took me so long
You're lighting up the fire
In my heart


If i had to spend my life
With someone else
I would rather be here
On my own
But it's all right
We will live and learn
Long as we have love
We can never be alone


(took me) so long
Know just where i'm going
Took me so long
Know that you're the one
Took me so long
You're lighting up the fire
In my heart

High, low, here we go
Hear the word
That floats upon the air above
Reach up, touch the night
Catch a light
That's falling on the only ones
The only ones

And the way you see your life
A case of "do or die"
Returns us to the way
It used to be before
And the future lies
In the years of sacrifice
You'll open up your eyes
And wake to see it
Standing at your door


Right time turn it on
Touch a heart
That's waiting for the only one
Night time, can't go wrong
Open up and sing the song
For everyone


And the way you see your life
A case of "do or die"
To preserve your sanity
When others lose control
And the years we spent
Heaven blessed or heaven sent
Sang where kings and presidents
Could change the world
Just standing at the wall!


Why, tell me why, don't you know
Do you believe in dreams?
Tell me where did they go?
Why did they leave us?


If you ask me i don't know.
Where did the music go?
After all is said and done
Same chance for everyone


If you ask us we can't say
When did the music go away
After all is said and done
Same chance for everyone


Why, tell me why, don't you know?
Do you believe in dreams?
Tell me where did they go?
Why did they leave us?