And I Stood Dreaming

I have watched my friends die, I have seen my mother cry, I have heard my father lie And I stood dreaming. I have seen young men fight, I have seen moonshine without night. I have felt the sunshine bright And I stood dreaming. I have heard the screams of fresh birth, I have seen sellers of a new church. I have watched suffering too much And I stood dreaming. I have seen young hearts bleeding, I have never heard politicians conceding. I have walked past the face of needing And I stood dreaming. I believed man could love man, I believed trees would stand time. I believed I could change all wrongs And I stood dreaming.