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 In the morning when I wake up and listen to the sound

 Of the birds outside on the roof

 I try to ignore what the paper says

 And I try not to read all the news

 And I'll hold you if you had a bad dream

 And I hope it never comes true

 'Cause you and I been through so many things together

 And the sun starts climbing the roof

 It's a dream

 Only a dream

 And it's fading now

 Fading away

 It's only a dream

 Just a memory without anywhere to stay

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 The Red River stills flows through my home town

Rollin' and tumblin' on its way

Swirling around the old bridge pylons

 Where a boy fishes the morning away

 His bicycle leans on an oak tree

 While the cars rumble over his head

 An airplane leaves a trail in an empty blue sky

 And the young birds call out to be fed

 It's a dream

 Only a dream

 And it's fading now

 Fading away

 It's only a dream

 Just a memory without anywhere to stay

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 An old man walks along on the sidewalk

Sunglasses and an old Stetson hat

 The four winds blow the back of his overcoat away

 As he stops with the policeman to chat

 And a train rolls out of the station

 That was really somethin' in its day

Picking up speed on the straight prairie rails

 As it carries the passengers away

 It's a dream

 Only a dream

 And it's fading now

 Fading away

 It's only a dream

 Just a memory without anywhere to stay

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 It's a dream

 Only a dream

 And it's fading now

 Fading away

 It's only a dream

 Just a memory without anywhere to stay

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 It's a dream

 Only a dream

 And it's fading now

 Fading away . . .

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