Nils Lofgren - To Be A Dreamer lyrics

One heart like a lion, still my pals shut me down They laugh in my face, you know they need a clown I swing from the trees, to my parallel bars I feel so removed, like being from Mars Oh, I miss love like water, when all there is coke I dull the pain with hard liquor and smoke Bet my best friend I'd be dead at 23 And I lost 'cause of one thing my Father said to me He said: "Son, I brought you here to dream Life's not what the World would have it seem The call of the wild makes you a believer I brought you into this World to be a dreamer." Always did love protection, I took my Father's advice Soon my mind was being ma**aged, by friends once cold as ice Tried to take it serious, in the end I was barely amused I realized that Papa's thoughts, was the only ones I could use He said: "Son, I brought you here to dream Life's not what the World would have it seem The call of the wild makes you a believer I brought you into this World to be a dreamer."