Hall & Oates - Dreamer ('72-'09 Redux) lyrics

Don't you know that you're a dreamer You'd rather stay inside yourself, you look out at the world "A penny for your thoughts", your mother used to say But now you're on your own, how much must I pay You know your dreams they make you live alone You live alone, you die alone, what happens when your hair's gray They say that dreams are wasted on the young Like the dream you bought, you pale and slowly fade away Anyone can be a dreamer who needs reality It's more fun to pretend like a badly written song You ramble on without direction And you stumble to a pointless end Days go by but you don't notice You're locked inside your dream world, as time just disappears While others have a love, have a laugh, have a tear You just sit and watch the days turn into years You know your dreams they make you live alone You live alone, you die alone, what happens when your hair's gray They say that dreams are wasted on the young Like the dream you bought, you pale and slowly fade away They say that dreams are wasted on the young Like the dream you bought, you pale and slowly fade away