Working On A Dream lyrics

I was standing y the river where the cold black water run
I was standing by the river where the cold black water run
I had my good eye to the dark and my blind eye to the sun

I had all earthly riches I had each and every one
I had all earthly riches I had each and every one
But I had my good eye to the dark and my blind eye to the sun

Well I swore to you my darlin', that you were the only one

With you I don't hear the minute ticking by
I don't feel the hours as they fly
I don't see the summer as it wanes
Just a subtle change of light upon your face

Walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away
This is our kingdom of days

I watch the sun as it rises and sets
I watch the moon trace its arc with no regrets
My jacket around your shoulders, the falling leaves

We met down in the valley where the win of love and destruction flows
There in that curve of darkness where the flowers of temptation grow
I left the rest for the others it was you and nothing else
You felt so good to me baby, good as life itself
You were life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in the black elms
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

In the room where fortune falls
On a day when chance is all
In the dark of this exile
I felt the grace of your smile
Honey you're my lucky day
You're my lucky day
When I've lost all the other bets I've made
Honey you're my lucky day

I've seen strong hearts give way
To the burdens of the day
To the wearying hands of time
Where fortune is not kind
Honey you're my lucky day
You're my lucky day

He was born a little baby on the Appalachian Trail
At six months old hed done three months in jail
He robbed a bank in his diapers
and little bare baby feet
All he said was Folks my name is Outlaw Pete
I'm Outlaw Pete, I'm Outlaw Pete,
can you hear me?

At 25 a Mustang pony he did steal
And he rode her 'round and
'round on heaven's wheel
Father Jesus I'm an Outlaw, killer and a thief

There's a wonderful world where all you desire
And everything you've longed for is at your fingertips
Where the bittersweet taste of life is at your lips
Where aisles and aisles of dreams await you
And the cool promise of ecstasy fills the air
At the end of each working day she's waiting there

I'm in love with the queen of the supermarket
As the evening sky turns blue

Well, surprise, surprise, surprise
Yes, surprise, surprise, surprise
Well, surprise, surprise
C'mon open your eyes and
let your love shine down
Well, surprise,surprise, surprise
Yea, surprise, surprise, surprise
Well, surprise, surprise
C'mon open your eyes and
let your love shine down

Today is your birthday
we traveled so far we two
So let's blow out the candles on your cake

Sundown, sundown
They're taking all the tents down
Where have you gone my handsome Billy?

Sundown, sundown
The carnival trains' left town
WHere are you now my darlin' Billy?

We won't be dancing together on the high wire
Facing the lions with you at my side anymore
We won't be breathin' the smoke and the fire
On the midway

Hangin' from the trapeze my wrists waitin' for your wrists

A bang then stardust in your eyes
A billion years or just this night
Either way it'll be all right
A blackness then the light of a million stars
As you slip into my car the evening
sky strikes sparks
This life, this life and then the next
With you I have been blessed,
What more can you expect

At night at my telescope alone
This emptiness I've roamed
Searching for a home

Where the cold wind blows
Tomorrow never knows
Where your sweet smile goes
Tomorrow never knows
You and me, we been
standing here my dear
Waiting for our time to come
Where the green grass grows
Tomorrow never knows

In the field your long hair flowed
Down by the Tildenberry tracks
There 'neath the water tower
I carried you on my back
Over the rusted spikes
of that highway of steel

There's a pillar in the temple where I carved your name
There's a soul sitting sand and blue
Now the remedies you've taken are all in vain
Let me show you what love can do
Let me show you what love can do

Darlin' I can't stop the rain
Or turn your black sky blue
But let me show you what love can do
Let me show you what love can do

Well now our truth lay shattered we
stood at world's end

Out here the nights are long the days are lonely
I think of you and I'm working on a dream
I'm working on a dream

The cards I've drawn's a rough hand darlin'
I straighten my back and I'm working on a dream
I'm working on a dream

I'm working on a dream
Though sometimes it feels so far away
I'm working on a dream
And how it will be mine someday

Rain pourin' down I swing my hammer