Someone Else's Dream

I didn't do it-it wasn't me

I can't recall-how could it be?

I was on the train to Montreal

We should have stopped it-we had the time

They were so far out of line

Now there's tears of rage for the carnage that we saw

CHORUS

One man wears a silk suit, one man has no shirt

Drink the bottled water 'cause there's poison in the dirt

I'm walkin' back to Houston with a ransom for the king

Just pieces of someone else's dream

Between the cross and the sword and where the gold is stored

The border's closed and still they fly away

Old men hang on the walls, on the bench the gavel falls

And the judge just talks about the good old days

CHORUS

One man wears a silk suit, one man has no shirt

Drink the bottled water 'cause there's poison in the dirt

I'm down at the shipyard with a ransom for the king

While little kids are grabbin' rocks to sling

Just pieces of someone else's dream

Crepe myrtle falls to the ground, and for us the only sound

Is a mockingbird whose song goes on and on

But half a world away it's fear that starts their day

Four a.m. and there's lightening all around

CHORUS

Green and white on one box, one red white and blue

Papers blow on down the road but no one knows the truth

I'm walking back from Wall Street with a ransom for the king

While fighter jets are up and on the wing

Just pieces of someone else's dream