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One, two, three
[Verse 1]
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I found boxes of first CDs tryin' to get my office clean
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Took ten years of folks givin' them to me 'til I sat down
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And I saw hesitant poses and torn up jeans
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In cover photos friends took for free
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For the six minute songs, and all their lifelong dreams the world turned down
[Chorus]
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They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh
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When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home
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I'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream
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Thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah)
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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On through this Rolodex of railroad tracks and fresh-cut hair
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I see Joy who won some Grammys and is now a millionaire
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Looks different now than she does right there, but that's how it goes
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As for the rest, I bet they're teachers or pastors now
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Pictured in jackets girlfriends picked out
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All their hometowns turned these up, all the labels turned them down, and never wrote (whoa)
[Chorus]
Em C G D
They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh
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When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home
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I'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream
Em D C
Thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah)
[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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A thrift store jacket and ten less pounds
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Lookin' like a fool in some big field with my bare feet on the ground
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Bad song titles and worse drum sounds, I didn't know
[Chorus]
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That all my dreams had come true out here on the road
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I never dreamed that I could call this life my own
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Thought I'd forgotten how it feels to chase a dream
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But thank God for how it feels to chase a dream
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And thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah)
