Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

If you try to catch me, you'll be the first to lose

Freedom can be lonely, loneliness makes me think

Still I'd rather (be on) my own, then put into a cage

 So if you try to catch me, I'm already far away...

 I'm far away, I'm far away..

Chorus

I am a dream you cannot catch, I am your dream I can never be

 We fade away when ladybirds get paid, we fade away when ladybirds turn gray

Verse 2

 Not even you can bring life back from death twice

 My eyes are tired of trying to stay dry on rainy days

 I can't read your mind, even less can you read mine

 Can you read mine...Can you read mine?

Chorus

I am a dream you cannot catch, I am your dream I can never be

 We fade away when ladybirds get paid, we fade away when ladybirds turn gray

Verse 3

 The freckles on the lips seem too much too resist

 wondering why they were stuck on my mind

 I rubbed and scraped day after day just to get them away

 it struck me down, now I don't know why

my lips are marked with freckles all over

 my lips are marked with freckles all over...All over

Chorus

2x):

I am a dream you cannot catch, I am your dream I can never be

 We fade away when ladybirds get pale, we fade away when ladybirds turn gray