In the morning when I wake up and listen to the sound   Of the birds outside on the roof   I try to ignore what the paper says   And I try not to read all the news   And I'll hold you if you had a bad dream   And I hope it never comes true   'Cause you and I been through so many things together   And the sun starts climbing the roof      It's a dream   Only a dream   And it's fading now   Fading away   It's only a dream   Just a memory without anywhere to stay      The Red River stills flows through my home town   Rollin' and tumblin' on its way   Swirling around the old bridge pylons   Where a boy fishes the morning away   His bicycle leans on an oak tree   While the cars rumble over his head   An aeroplane leaves a trail in an empty blue sky   And the young birds call out to be fed      It's a dream   Only a dream   And it's fading now   Fading away   It's only a dream   Just a memory without anywhere to stay      An old man walks along on the sidewalk   Sunglasses and an old Stetson hat   The four winds blow the back of his overcoat away   As he stops with the policeman to chat   And a train rolls out of the station   That was really somethin' in its day   Picking up speed on the straight prairie rails   As it carries the passengers away      It's gone   Only a dream   And it's fading now   Fading away   Only a dream   Just a memory without anywhere to stay      It's a dream   Only a dream   And it's fading now   Fading away   It's only a dream   Just a memory without anywhere to stay      It's a dream   Only a dream   And it's fading now   Fading away