Malvina Reynolds

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This Dream I Have

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This Dream I Have

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I try to run but my feet stick to the ground,

I try to climb but my legs are iron bound,

I fall in the river and it seems to flow,

But it's something thick and my arms won't go,

I open my mouth and scream but there is no sound.

Chorus:

And it's this dream I have all day and all the time,

And it's this dream I have all day and all the time,

And it's this dream I have all day and all the time,

And it's this dream I have while I stand with this pencil

Writing down this rhyme.

I'm standing in this light in my naked skin,

And a hundred thousand eyes are boring in,

And every cruel thing I've done

That I thought was hid from everyone,

It's written on my hide with a golden pen.

(Chorus)

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