Dreams & Songs - Gov't Mule

My whole life’s been filled with songs and dreams

When I was a child I had a time machine

Little did I know it would go too fast

Little did I know it could see the future but not the past

Leave it all behind, come what may

Always thought I’d be comin' home someday

Little did I know that life is hard

Here I am, now, starin' out a window at my old back yard

Is there any comfort to be derived?

In knowing that most of our lives

Can never be the same

We can never go back home

And those that can are lucky, I guess

To somehow escape from this mess

Me, I can only do it in dreams and songs

Tryna fill a hole while running a race

Leaves an even bigger empty space

But a moving target is harder to kill

Never was one for taking it easy or standing still

Nowadays I find myself again

Throwing stones and caution to the wind

Nothing’s really changed but the scenery

And staring into my child’s eyes

I realize what it all means to me

Is there any comfort to be derived?

In knowing that most of our lives

Can never be the same

We can never go back home

And those that can are lucky, I guess

To somehow escape from this mess

Me, I can only do it in dreams and songs

Is there any comfort to be derived?

In knowing that most of our lives

Can never be the same

We can never go back home

And those that can are lucky, I guess

To somehow escape from this mess

Me, I can only do it in dreams and songs

Dreams and songs