daddy brought home a photograph
from the paper yesterday
showed a line of wagons moving someplace far away
that picture made my daddy smile
made my momma cry
seems like daddy's wagon loaded dreams
had long since passed her by
but the dream that makes a sparrow fly
can make an eagle fall
one that makes a rich man money
it ain't no dream at all
it's a crying shame to wake up just to find
it's all been broke in two
careful what you're dreaming
'cause it someday may come true
well he talked on all through supper time
by the good prospector's life
couldn't see mama didn't wanna be
no good prospector's wife
he said we'd best sell out and go
before the weather turns too cold
maybe buy ourselves an extra horse
to carry all that gold
but the dream that makes a sparrow fly
can make an eagle fall
and one that makes a rich man money
it ain't no dream at all
it's a crying shame to wake up just to find
it's all been broke in two
careful what you're dreaming
cause of someday may come true
i got up as soon as the first light
came to start the morning fire
wondering if my mama's will
to cool that man's desire
and inside that snow upon the coals and ashen paper lay
it was a ghostly line of wagons
moving someplace far away
and the dream that makes the sparrow fly can make
an eagle fall
the one that makes a rich man's money
it ain't no dream at all
it's a cryin' shame to wake up just to find
it's all been broke in two
careful what you're dreaming
'cause if someday it may come true
oh be careful what you dreaming
'cause if someday it may come true