As lazy as a jailhouse nap... as wistful as a parting kiss on visiting day. And just about as pathetic...

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This track got up to #23 in the Alternative Country charts here at Soundclick. That and $3 will buy you a cup of something they call coffee.

If They Could Put You in Jail for Dreaming

Now, here is my confession
I'm the guilty one
I knew just what I was doing
and now look at what I've done

there isn't any mystery
about just who's to blame
the saddest little crime in history
has been added to my name

If they could put you in jail for dreaming
I'd never see the streets again
I'd be lying in my cell
telling stories to myself
and dreamin' bout what might have been


I stole a chance for happiness
then drove it into a ditch
I stole the secrets of hate and love
then I forgot which was which

If they could put you in jail for dreaming...

I know my biggest crime
is something I did not do
it's a shame and a sin I didn't
follow that whim
and steal away with you

If they could put you in jail for dreaming...