SOMEBODY ELSE’S DREAM
Intro: B F# B F# B F# Db B F# Two cigarettes in the ashtray B F# Big pile of clothes on the floor B F# I knew I smelled something funny Db When I walked in the door B F# A naked man in my closet B F# My baby under the sheets B F# She said oh darlin’ you got home early Db Well there’s someone that I want you to meet Abm7/B This ain’t my dream Db F# Must be somebody else’s dream B F# I took a ride in the country B F# No country did I see B F# Houses, traffic, and strip malls Db Where the country used to be B F# There ain’t a fish in the river B F# There ain’t a bird in the sky B F# Some people say we should pull the plug Db And just let the old girl die Abm7/B This ain’t my dream Db F# Must be somebody else’s dream E B Wake me up in the morning F# Tell me everything is alright E B If things don’t get better soon Db It’s gonna be a long night B F# Old folks livin’ on welfare B F# Can’t even pay the rent B F# All their hard earned social security Db Pissed away and spent B F# All their sons and their daughters B F# Off to war they went B F# That shifty-eyed sidewinder Db Got elected president Abm7/B This ain’t my dream Db F# Must be somebody else’s dream B F# Preacher shoutin’ and cryin’ B F# All over my T.V. B F# Takin’ money from poor, poor people Db In pain and misery B F# They’re buildin’ virtual churches B F# On fake morality B F# I asked God was this what he wanted Db And God said back to me Abm7/B Db F# This ain’t my dream. Must be somebody else’s dream (repeat 3 times) Words and music by Robert Hazard © 2007 Heroic Music (ASCAP) |