Song Description

Coming to the realization that your dreams and wishes are not going to come true.

Lyrics

WAKING UP FROM A DREAM
music and lyrics by William Kitchens

ON HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY SHE LEFT NEW ORLEANS
STARRY EYED SHE HEADED WEST FOR HOLLYWOOD
A FEW CASTING COUCH AGENTS
AND TWENTY YEARS WAITIN' TABLES
STOLE THE YOUTH FROM HER GOOD LOOKS
NEXT WEEK SHE'LL TURN THIRTY NINE ALL ALONE
WATCH A MOVIE SHE HAD A SMALL PART IN ONCE MORE
LOOKING BACK ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
AN OLD SCRIPT AND SOME AUTOGRAPHED EIGHT BY TEN
JUST ABANDONED SOUVENIRS LYING ON HER FLOOR

CHORUS
WHEN YOU REALIZE
WHO YOU WANT TO BE
ISN'T WHAT YOU ARE
AIN'T IT A SHAME
WHEN WISHES AND PRAYERS
LIKE SO MANY YEARS
START SLIPPING AWAY
IT'S A SAD SAD THING
WAKING UP FROM A DREAM

ONCE UPON A BETTER TIME HE HAD IT ALL
THE PERFECT HOME, THREE KIDS AND A WIFE
TILL HE TOOK IT ALL FOR GRANTED
WITH SOME RED HEAD DOWN IN ATLANTA
COST HIM THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE
NOW HIS BROKEN HEART LONGS TO BE HOME AGAIN
EVERYTHING ABOUT HER IS WHAT HE MISSES THE MOST
STILL ANY CHANCE THAT HE HAD
OF HER EVER TAKING HIM BACK
WELL YOU KNOW THAT TRAIN LEFT THE STATION A LONG TIME AGO

CHORUS
WHEN YOU REALIZE
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
ISN'T WHERE YOU ARE
AIN'T IT A SHAME
WHEN WISHES AND PRAYERS
LIKE SO MANY YEARS
START SLIPPING AWAY
IT'S A SAD SAD THING
WAKING UP FROM A DREAM

BRIDGE
DON'T SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE ROLLIN OVER
AND JUST GOING BACK TO SLEEP...

REPEAT FIRST CHORUS


(c)2010 I Love My Babies Music, ASCAP

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
duncan2458	My Top Songs	2/9/2010