Dreams Remembered
copyright 1998 Mary Bertke
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I knew more then than I know now
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of who I was, what I’d allow.
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I sang and dreamed of when I’d leave
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and make my life someday.
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now I’m here, I’ve got a home,
I’ve got my banjo and a drum.
A man to love, and a song to sing,
and yet—they don’t mean anything.
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I’ve let my sights fall from the skies,
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If a dream’s untouched, away it flies.
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I’m not the woman that I wanted to be—
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What happened to the dreams that used to set me free?
So
I sat down and I worked it out,
who I am, what I care about.
I made my plans and I set my goal
to find my dreams and win back my soul.
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I’ll pretend I’m the woman that I want to be,
who’s loving and giving and works for freedom,
Dreaming of things as I want them to be
Until the things that I dream become part of me.
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A little more each day, I’ll live my dreams,
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bit by bit I’ll stretch my wings.
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I’ll give a cheer when at last I’ve flown,
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Then I’ll look back and stare at how far I've come.