Following your dreams can take us through some rough times
lyricists
Story behind the song
A song based on helping out a struggling songwriter who had fallen on tough times but was staying true to his dreams.
Lyrics
"Livin' On Dreams For Awhile"
(Hayden BMI / Gallup ASCAP)
Stomach's been empty for couple 'a days
Stray cat outside my door
Now I’m down to the the last scraps of old pizza
And she's beggin' me for more
But there's a craving in my belly
There's a need in my soul
Never thought I'd get this far down
But makin' music
That sweet ol’ music
makes me whole...and it
CHORUS:
and it
Looks like I'll be livin' on dreams for awhile
Livin' the blues ain't gonna go outta style
It’s a day-to-day struggle just to survive
Like that old cat, I'm barely stayin' alive
But I still got my music, my reason to smile
And it looks like I'll be livin' on dreams for awhile
My transmission up and died
I must've been goin too fast
Now I gotta walk everywhere I go
As long as these old soles last
And there's a craving in my belly
There's a need in my soul
Never thought I'd get this far down
But makin' music
That sweet ol’ music
makes me whole...and it
CHORUS:
One bare bulb hotel room
And we've both seen better days
It aint much but we call it home
For the two of us strays
And there's a craving in my belly
There's a need in my soul
Never thought I'd get this far down
But makin' music
That sweet ol’ music
makes me whole...and it
BRIDGE:
That ol' tip jar don't stretch too far
But I don't give a damn,
'Cause music's what I am
and it
Looks like I'll be livin' on dreams for awhile
Livin' the blues ain't gonna go outta style
It’s a day-to-day struggle just to survive
Looks like I'll be livin' on dreams for awhile
(© Martin Hayden / Bobbie Gallup)