American Dreamer

I know a woman Her husband died, and he left her with two little children So she went back to school, and she got a degree in business Yeah, now she owns one And she taught those kids you can do anything With the heart of a true believer Yeah, she's an American dreamer And I've got a woman And she waits for me with the light on 'cause she knows I'm coming And she talks about babies and building a house in the country Yeah, where it's sunny And she's got faith that can do anything But she'll never know how much I need her Yeah, she's an American Dreamer Back in the sixties, well, Haggard's in prison He's thinking 'bout writing a tune And a guy named Armstrong was crazy enough To think he could walk on the moon And a preacher named King, well, he had him a dream He believed we could all live as one And a soldier somewhere is praying for peace While he's cleaning his gun American dreamers And I had a father He said "Son, if something ain't real, then you don't even bother" And he wasn't a saint, but I'd swear the man walked on water Yeah, and he taught me I ain't just a long-legged hell-raising Son of a pipelining, honky-tonk singer Yeah, I'm an American dreamer (Dream as big as you want to) I'm an American dreamer (There ain't nothing you can't do) I'm an American dreamer (Dream as big as you want to) I'm an American dreamer