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Dreams and Expectations
Words by Alex Townes
Copyright ©2002 Alex Townes
Ever since I was a little boy
I was my parents’ pride and joy
They had so many hopes
For who I’d grow to be
You know you look just like your dad,
You are our little perfect lad
You’ll make us proud some day,
Just you wait and see
You can live for other people’s
dreams and expectations
‘Bout who you are and who that you should be
Should I steer myself in their direction
Or listen to the dreams inside of me?
Go to school, earn your degree,
Get a job; you know that you can be
Anything you want,
If you just really try
Find a wife, raise a family,
Own lots of things and you’ll agree
You’ll be happy with your life,
Just don’t ask us why
I was living Other people’s
dreams and expectations
‘Bout who I was and who that I should be
When I steered myself in that direction
It was hard to hear the dreams inside of me
I worked a job for many years,
Then we got sold, and now it appears
The hard work that I’d done,
Was worth nothing at all, oh no.
The marriage was the next to go,
My self esteem, it took an awful blow
I’d let everybody down,
But the writing’s on the wall
I’d been living Other people’s
dreams and expectations
‘Bout who I was and who that I should be
Its time for me to set a new direction
And listen to the dreams inside of me
Now I’m going to start to live
at last,
I’ll find new loves, forget the past
It’s time that I move on
And let myself be free, oh yeah
To do the things I want to do,
Have some fun, write a song or two
And feel down deep inside,
I know what’s best for me
No longer living Other people’s
dreams and expectations
‘Bout who I am and who that I should be
I’m going to set myself a new direction
And listen to the dreams inside of me.
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