February 99 Winning Folk Lyrics and Review

Slipping on the underside of life today 
Sliding on the wires of a dream I had just yesterday 
Hoping everything I knew would still be there 
Thinking that the people in the house there would still care 

Y'know the funny thing about a dream 
Is sometimes they come true 
And everything you'll ever need 
Is there inside of you 
And if I was to walk into the fire 
And face this thing called fear 
I know I wouldn't have to waste 
another useless year 

Hoping far beyond a hopeless dream 
Wishing I was someplace,somewhere in between 
Knowing that I'll never get that far 
Thinking that I'd get there if I drove a faster car 

Sometimes all I think about is hell 
I sometimes think It's maybe just as well 
And heaven's never satisfied my dreams 
Somehow I always fall between the seams 

Slipping on the underside of life today 
Wishing I was someplace,somewhere far away 
Thinking that I'd never get that far 
Always hoping...wishing on that star 
 

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     Charlie's lyrics beg a question of the title: is it a good dream or a bad dream? Sometimes dreams, hopes, and wishes are the only armor with which we can gird our loins against wasted years and "the underside of life." Mr. Meyer is certainly accurate in this regard. I particularly like the contrast of the verses against the chorus which proposes that even in the face of the grim realities of life, dreams sometimes do come true. 

Well done, Charlie, please, send us another!