Baez Joan The Dream Song Lyrics

The Dream Song Lyrics

I had a dream I was following a barefoot girl

 Beside a dream that flowed around the world

 And we spoke of many things, though her mouth never moved

 As the most peculiar scenes were disappearing into view

 

 Oh what a dream, beyond the realm of why

 Pretty little beings beneath the yawning sky

 Speaking of god as though they could define

 Music to the deaf and color to the blind

 Or god to man

 

 And then the leaves became a thousand tears

 And I was on my knees in a crazy house of mirrors

 I couldn't find my face but a voice was drawing nearer

 Hush baby - sweet baby - hush, don't you cry

 

 And I thought I woke and my mother was standing there

 And my heart broke as the ribbons in her hair

 Turned into highways, surrounded and swirled

 Like a crown come down around a not-so-perfect world

 

 In the corner of the dream was the man with the blue guitar

 It had no strings but the music touched the stars

 And his long dark curls turned to gold before my eyes

 And the barefoot girl smiled off to the side

 And it was real

 

 Then a thousand birds took flight with a joyful noise

 And I heard the angels up on high rejoice

 I could see my face and I recognized the voice

 Hush baby - sweet baby - hush, baby, hush

 

 It's just a dream, one of those that goes on and on

 Scene after scene, with the rhythm of a gypsy song

 When I really woke, I was frozen in between

 I didn't know who I was, it was a dream inside a dream

 

 It's all a dream

 Oh what a dream

 I had a dream