Song Description

This is a story song about a woman's role and how she was considered a man's property during the Pioneer Days. She was forced to follow "someone else's dream"

Lyrics

SOMEONE ELSES'S DREAM
By Sandy Sherman & Jo Anne Kurman

Nell was young and able
With no excuse to rest
She had no choice when she was told
"Get packed---we're headin' West!"
So she rounded up the children
And said, "We're goin' away!"
She was just as scared as they were
But a wife had to obey

She loaded up the wagon
Her heart was beating fast
It was for the best he didn't say much
And best she didn't ask
They moved into the distance
Where would the trail unwind?
Every bump was a reminder
Of the life she left behind

CHORUS:
It was someone else's dream
She could feel it burning
Someone else's dream
That kept the wheels a-turning
She knew it was her place in the scheme of things
To have her wagon hitched on
Someone else's dream

The weather showed no mercy
Her two boys caught a chill
She marked their tiny graves with stones
Along some windy hill
The wagon creaked and rattled
Across the dusty plains
Nell was young and able
But she'd never be the same

CHORUS REPEAT:

BRIDGE:
When they finally arrived, they claimed land of their own
But her heart just wasn't in it---she could never feel at
home in....

CHORUS REPEAT:

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