Dream Your Life Away

The sun comes up, its a beautiful day

Wake yourself up with a smile

You spend the afternoon in your living room

To put the world off for awhile

The clock looks down on your thinning hair

'Til the hands fall to the floor.

And your best-laid schemes take a second seat

To a joke that you've heard before.

With real life on the TV set

Fantasies that you'll soon forget

While you were sitting on a winning bet

And it doesn't mean a thing to you.

So dream your life away

Don't let the sun fall on your skin

Keep your worry deep within you and believe

Your day will come

The world will knock upon your door

Everything will work out just the way you planned

I've had all the luck

Had every chance since I remember

And you, with arms so wide

Kept me inside

And kept me together

But I'm an ordinary guy

Forgettable and plain

It doesn't really matter

We all give up someday

Well take a look around

So here's your pot of gold

A life of disappointment

A life of getting old

Another great day that you frittered away

Another song that you'll never sing

Still you steady yourself for the great reward

That your luck will surely bring

Its always too hot, or too cold

A little loud, a little low

But never quite the way you like

Just keep your hands to yourself, knowing somebody else

Is gonna make everything alright

With real life on a TV show

A fantasy that you can't let go

You're disappointing everyone you know

And it doesn't mean a thing to you

So dream your life away

Don't let the sun fall on your skin

Keep your worry deep within you and believe

Your day will come

The world will knock upon your door

Everything will work out jut the way you planned