A                 A7M  
Last night I dreamed I had to tell
   E/A           D/A
My parents about us
Bm7                  A
When I woke up I was crying
       A               A7M  
Mother shook me by the shoulders
             E/A          D/A
Said “you’re ruining your life!”
    Bm              F#m                 E
I’m sorry that your bright young boy is dying

  A      A7M  
I know I dishonored
    E/A    D/A
The family name but
Bm7                   A
All I ever had was my heart
      A         A7M  
And I wake up a kid
     E/A            D/A
In a bed miles from home
        Bm         F#m       E
But I’m too old to get a new start


             D          A
I’ve heard I talk in my sleep
       E            Bm
But my voice is too weak
   Bm        C#m     Bm
To hear the words I say

          G           C#m
I’ve been trying like hell
   C           D
To wake myself up
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today

     A         A7M  
In a vision of death
    E/A               D/A
You breathe your last breath
    Bm7                     A
And all that I hold is cold embers
      A            A7M  
And I sing in your ear
            E/A        D/A
But there’s nothing to hear
       Bm          F#m        E
Just a nightowl in burial chambers


    A            A7M  
You say that you love me
      E/A          D/A
And I write it all down
   Bm7                   A
So when you’re gone I’ll remember
         A         A7M  
But as I get old I find
        E/A          D/A
I can’t trust my own mind
    Bm             F#m             E
And your words all break down into laughter


             D          A
I’ve heard I talk in my sleep
       E            Bm
But my voice is too weak
   Bm        C#m     Bm
To hear the words I say

          G           C#m
I’ve been trying like hell
   C           D
To wake myself up
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today


  G                           F#m
I watch myself falling apart
                                    E
My body can’t keep up with my heart

What I see I can’t understand
     E7
Your sweet boy’s becoming a nervous old man


  A            A7M  
I wake up with tears
        E/A         D/A
Not yet dried on my face
   Bm7                          A
No comfort in the cold light of morning
      A       A7M  
Young men see visions
    E/A           D/A
And old men dream dreams
       Bm   F#m         E
And it all amounts to a warning


             D          A
I’ve heard I talk in my sleep
       E            Bm
But my voice is too weak
   Bm        C#m     Bm
To hear the words I say

          G           C#m
I’ve been trying like hell
   C           D
To wake myself up
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today

      D          A
But I talk in my sleep
       E            Bm
But my voice is too weak
   Bm        C#m     Bm
To hear the words I say
              G           C#m
And I’ve been trying like hell
   C           D
To wake myself up
    Bm                 A  A4
But dreams fall hard today

    Bm                 A  A4
Dreams fall hard today
    Bm                 A  A4
Dreams fall hard today
    Bm                 A  A4
Dreams fall hard today

A          A7M  
And by the time
         E/A       D/A
I get it out of my mind
          Bm7            A
Night has fallen upon me again