Song Description
The guy has a heavy load, thinks about pulling out, but realizes, "No, this is not the solution." He has gotta' keep his nose to the grind stone, keep loving his wife and family, and praying his efforts will finally get'r done. Many face this road fork;
| Song Length |
3:25 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Don't Take My Dreams
Drivin' down the highway, tryin? to find a better way to live my life,
and I know I should 'cause I'm told a lot.
I'm told those things that I should do
and all the things they tell me I should not.
Like I stay out much too late at night; that's why my eyes are so bloodshot.
And if I do not change my ways, there's always hell to pay.
'Cause if I do not walk that line, in our home I cannot stay.
CHORUS
Sometimes I wish that I could leave it all behind, just walk away.
Do those things I used to do in by-gone years of youthful play.
But the load I bear is for love I care; I cannot lay it down.
I'll keep on working now, but don't take my dreams away.
Oh the roads that I have seen and traveled since my days of boyhood dreams,
filled with hopeful joy of plans and schemes.
Then came the change to late night booze,
driving cars, and the feel of midnight queens.
Just drifting down life's highway, never meaning to cause harm in any way.
I've found that friends are not the ones who help spend all your pay.
And love does lie in what is done, and not in what they say.
Repeat Chorus
Copyright, 2002
Eugene G. Gatwood