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[Verse 1]
Am All that I felt on the first time it happened F Was the feeling of something bad coming true G One day I was happy, one day I was laughing Am Then, somewhere a chain snapped; like that, I was loose
[Verse 2]
Am Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to? F Why don't anything feel as real as it once was? G I feel so sad but that ain't how I choose to Am It shouldn't have to hurt so bad but it does
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Verse 3]
Am It was a summer night when I found my religion F I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm G And the Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision Am And I felt better a little while but then it was gone
[Verse 4]
Am I went to the mountain then I went to the cavern F I washed myself in the river and I waited on love G But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn Am Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was
[Verse 5]
Am It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her F And she was taking pictures of people who came in to the mall G And she took my portrait as well as she could do Am With someone who seemed to be not there at all
[Verse 6]
Am I stayed with her a while and I called myself happy F I clung to her hands, and her hair, and her mouth G But like every man who finds out he is drowning Am I held on to her hard until I just wore her out
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Verse 7]
Am So I took off south like the beat of a bat wing F I fell in with this boat salesman and a kid G One carried the nails for his own crucifixion Am The other one seemed to screw up whatever he did
[Verse 8]
Am The kid always loved me like I was his neighbor F He asked all about me and my life on the road G And the boat salesman, when he found out he wasn't a savior Am Shot himself in the head in a Key West Payday Loan
[Verse 9]
Am I got jobs and I lost them like the beat of a drummer F Who lost sleep, and got drunk, and couldn't see through his tears G And just how I survived, I cannot even remember Am But I know that it lasted a couple of years
[Verse 10]
Am I moved down deep into the jungle during those days F I existed on oranges and oxygen G But I carried the sadness against which even the old ways Am Reached their limits of power and could not defend
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Verse 11]
Am I wandered through temples covered over with Saints' days F I wandered through drug labs and kidnaps and graves G I tried my best to meet death by the jaguar or AK Am But I was covered over with grief and by this, I was saved
[Verse 12]
Am When I was up, I saw the connection between all of all things F When I was up, I was so high up above G That the world appeared to me electric and thrilling Am With a fineness of lightning and the sweet milk of love
[Verse 13]
Am When I was down, the whole world melted F In burning black plastic wherever I chanced to be G And off that, I was judged with some kind of a tragic Am Mistake that had somehow crawled out of the sea
[Verse 14]
Am How long until I'm free of these devils that bind me? F How long until I live the life that I have? G Can I outstrip a creator who searches and finds me Am Then leaves me with the demons that I already have?
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Verse 15]
Am I went to the doctor who sent me to a doctor F Who sent me to a doctor who sent me to a room G And that's where I waited with the world ending around me Am And the voices in my head jangling 'round in a tomb
[Verse 16]
Am She gave me a bottle and I took what was in it F The stuff in my bloodstream started to rattle and fizz G And I know that they're working but the devil is still down there Am I tell myself that it's better and sometimes it is
[Verse 17]
Am What else is there to say but to tell you that I love you F I haven't seen much of the world but I know G That there aren't any others who know me like you do Am And your comfort seems to follow me wherever I go
[Verse 18]
Am I know you're no cure for the darkness inside me F But it feels better just to know that you're near G And your patience, your joy, and your strength are astounding Am And I know that without you, I wouldn't be here
[Verse 19]
Am And I know that without you, I would not be here F And I know that without you, I would not be here G I know that without you, I wouldn't be here Am I know that without you
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
[Chorus]
AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone FDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone GDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone AmDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone