Chapman Tracy If These Are The Things Lyrics

If These Are The Things Lyrics

Song: If These Are The Things
Artist: Tracy Chapman
Album: Matters of the
Heart
(c)1992 Elecktra Entertainment
Song: (c)1992 SBK April Music,
Inc./Purple Rabbit Music
If these are the things that
Dreams are made
of
Why don't I dream
Anymore
I've tried to tell myeself
Nothing's
changed my dear
But I look around me
And think maybe that's not so
I
only have nightmares
And wake up with cold sweat
Coming through my
pores
Why don't I dream anymore
I'm in the garden
All the trees bear
fruit
I have to pick them before they fall
I finnaly grab one
I hold
it in my hand
I open it up
It's rotten to the core
Why don't I dream
anymore
If these are the things that
Dreams are made of
Why don't I
dream
Anymore
We lose our patience
Lose our trust
Yes we lose our
innocence
To forget our sorrow and hide our pain
We lose old
memories
But dreams are what life's worth living for
I wish I could
dream
Once more
I'm in the garden
All the trees bear fruit
I have
to pick them
Before they fall
I finnaly grab one
I hold it in my
hand
I open it up
It's rotten to the core
Why don't I dream
anymore
If these are the things that
Dreams are made of
Why don't I
dream anymore
I've tried to tell myself
It's all for the best my
dear
But I look around me and think
Maybe that's not so
I only have
nightmares
Wake up in a cold sweat
Have I become as corrupt
As all I
abhor
Why don't I dream anymore
I'm in the garden
All the trees bear
fruit
I have to pick them
Before they fall
I finnaly grab one
I
hold it in my hand
I open it up
It's rotten to the core
Why don't I
dream anymore
If these are the things that
Dreams are made of
If these
are the things that
Dreams are made of
If these are the things
that
Dreams are made of
I don't want anymore
April 24, 1993  --  Aaron
L. White