Unfinished Dreams

Old man on his front porch a'smoking his fattie Debunking the myth of that old school for daddies Kids from the corner they walk by and laugh Man, they ain't got a clue, they don't even know half The dreams that he dreamed, the things that he's seen Of Heaven and Earth and things in between All the King's horses and all the King's men Can't bring back one moment that's already been In the park there a mother doing her mama things She's got one in the stroller and two on the swings She recalls a summer and a boy way back when And just for a moment she is sixteen again The dreams that she dreamed, things that she's seen Of Heaven and Earth and things in between All the King's horses and all the King's men Can't bring back one moment that's already been Go pick you a flower, go pick a guitar Go right you a wrong, go shoot for the stars Go make you some hay while the sun is still shining If you still have breath then you still have some time I walk with my dog down the L & N tracks Past the New Church of Jesus by the old Pack A Sack I love early mornings all shiny and new Got me humming along as I work out a tune Oh, dreams that I dream, the things that I've seen Of Heaven and Earth and things in between All the King's horses and all the King's men Can't bring back one moment that's already been Can't bring back one moment that's already been