Dreams never break your heart
from Phil Bowen Hosted by Phil Bowen
This is the third track off there to here part 3. Also available at: https://open.spotify.com/album/4bCeWV15fP67s3OlfuRJ6n and at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8w_MxASykc Music and Lyrics: Phil Bowen Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen Vocals, Keyboards and Guitars: Phil Bowen Lyrics: Verse 1 An old man sits on the sidewalk With glazed stare looks right ahead He asks for a dime and says it’s such a long time Since he laid his body on a feather bed He says he’s one thousand miles from Texas One thousand miles away Verse 2 The old man points to his sunken eyes And looks up to the cloudless sky He said “there’s so much in life a body can give I gave them so much time now they just walk by” He said he’s one thousand miles from Texas With snow falling in his mind Middle 8 He says “dreams never break your heart And dreams never let you down Every time I close my eyes I let my mind float away” “Dreams never break your heart And dreams never lie to me Every time I close my eyes I let my mind float away again.” Verse 3 So I raised out a hand and lifted him up I asked him his name and where he was from He said “son I’ve heard your voice before” I looked closer in his eyes. He did likewise He said “once I was strong but now I don’t have long I think you may be my long lost son.”
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