On a dark December morning   When the sun refused to shine   I spent another sleepless night   Got so much on my mind   Think I finally know what's wrong   I think I've gotta leave this place behind      So I said, "Wake up, Linda   I've had a dream   I dreamed we moved away from here   To a place I've never seen   Where the nights were long and cold   And the air was fresh and clean"      And there we were standing   Underneath the western sky   Beside a home we built ourselves   Way up in the mountains high   And we lived happy there, just you and I   On a river of dreams      There's no need to worry now   'Cause I've got a plan   We don't need this modern world   I'm not a modern man   We're gonna get ourselves off these city streets   We're gonna get back on the land      There's a whole lot of people out there   Feel just like you and me   They'd love to pack their leavin' trucks   Say goodbye to all their misery   We say we pack up that Camaro, honey   Chase the sun until we're free      And if I could I'd lift you up on angel wings   We'd fly away and never worry about a thing   We'd know the joy and riches a simple life can bring   On a river of dreams, on a river of dreams      You get your things together now   I'll be getting mine   I've finally got the feeling, girl   The sun is gonna shine   You know people don't run out of dreams   People just run out of time      Let's find that place out there   Underneath the western sky   We'll build a home ourselves   Way up in the mountains high   We'll live happy there till the day we die   On a river of dreams      And we'll have stars to wish on every single night   We'll build a fire and make love by candlelight   We'll do our moon dance till we get it right   On a river of dreams, on a river of dreams      Roll on river, roll on river dreams   I can see us standing by the river   Holding hands beside the river