Bad Dream

Lyrics & Music by Steven Jackson & Brighter Things

I had a nightmare on our wedding night – you could see right through me
And left me in the morning light – with a white dress and your room key
Ah what the hell’m I supposed to do with that – I don’t love nobody else
so I waved it from the balcony & I just screamed “surrender”

And I flew it like a mad man’s kite – with a key and prayed for lightning
Ah but lightning they say don’t strike twice – and that’s just f’in frightening
And I swirled it like it was your ghost – and I’d been drinkin’ all alone
And danced so hard I cried or broke a sweat – and woke up in your arms there – soakin wet

It was a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad dream
Oh no, it was a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad dream,
dream dream dream --- dream

On your birthday I was out of town – and could not smell the smoke
But you blew a wish that tracked me down – and my heart just broke, and broke
And I left a piece in Omaha, and one out in Moline
And every town I ever saw – when you weren’t there with me

And I prayed behind the steering wheel – and layed in hotel sheets
And crossed my fingers just to get the feel – I might wake up, click my heels, and see

It was a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad dream
Oh no, it was a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad dream,
dream dream dream --- dream
dream dream dream --- dream

Wake up darlin’ you don’t need no shoes
The sky is burnin’, turnin’ orange and the night’s come unglued
And it’s been too long since we just layed here soakin’ up the sweat of the mornin’ grass
Like the first time that we came here and you asked

What did I do – before there was you
If I was awake, my heart never knew
If I was awake, my heart never knew
If I was awake, my heart never knew
If I was awake, my heart never knew
If I was awake
If I was awake - - - - before there was you …..

It was a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad dream
Oh no, it was a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad dream,
dream dream dream --- dream
dream dream dream --- dream
dream dream dream --- dream