Josh Ritter

Dreams
All that I felt on the first time it happened Was the feeling of something bad coming true One day I was happy One day I was laughing And then somewhere a chain snapped Like that I was loose Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to? Why don't anything feel as real as it once was? I feel so sad, but that ain't how I choose to It shouldn't have to hurt so bad, but it does Dreams a keep a comin', but the dream done gone Dreams a keep a comin', but the dream done gone Dreams a keep a comin', but the dream done gone Related Dreams a keep a comin', but the dream done gone It was a summer night when I found my religion I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm And The Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision I felt better a little while, but then it was gone, I Went to the mountain, and I went to the cabin, I Washed myself in the river, and I waited on love But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her She was taking pictures of people coming into the mall SongtexteAnd she took my portrait as well as she could do With someone who seemed to be not there at all, I Stayed with her a while and I called myself happy, I Clung to her hands and her hair and her mouth But like every man who finds out he is drowning I held onto her heart until I just wore her out Aus Songtexte Mania