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[Verse 1]
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Sometimes I sit in my backyard, I kick back and drink iced tea
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I stare all the way to the ocean and dream of how it would be
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If I were a ship captain somewhere or an old fashioned sailor at sea
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Or a stowed away pirate just down below hiding and praying the law dont find me
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Maybe I'd sail from Nantucket chasing the great white whale
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Oh without a sound, I'd run him aground then I'd bring old Ahab the tail
D Em
Yeah I'd bring old Ahab his tail
[Chorus]
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But I'm not a sailor
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I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
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Living hard and living free
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I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
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I hope someday they're dreaming about me
[Verse 2]
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Sometimes I dream Im a cowboy around 1949
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I'd cross the border on horseback with a real close buddy of mine
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Id know we'd run from trouble but Im sure its what we'd find
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When you're out of the frying pan into the fire, who cares what you leave behind
D Em D Em
I know i'd fall in love down there and I'd probably windup in jail
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When you fall in love with a rich man's daughter, 'who's gonna go your bail
D Em
Man I hate them Mexican jails
[Chorus]
C D
But I'm not a outlaw
G F#m Em
I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
C D G
Living hard and living free
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I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
C D G
I hope someday they're dreaming about me
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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I'd love to go rafting the waters. ride on the mighty Mississip
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I'd float around from town to town causing trouble then I'd give'em the slip
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And that river could take me back to the days of old Huck Finn
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I'd sleep all day and smoke all night and play tricks on old Jim
D Em
Yeah I'd think I'd like old Jim
[Chorus]
C D
But I'm not a runaway
G F#m Em
I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
C D G
Living hard and living free
C D G F#m Em
I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
C D G
I hope someday they're dreaming about me
C D G
Yeah I hope one day you read about me
