when we were young we would dress like heroes that we loved   in our minds we could visit far off lands      and we'd vow that the day    never would it come when    we'd need more than    stones in our hands       yeah these days go by fast   as we race to the top    find the quick fix shortcuts and play to win       we no longer breathe and barely exist   and we fear for the new day to begin    yeah we fear for the new day to begin.      so i close my eyes and bid you my farewell   and i wish you pleasant dreams   and i wish you pleasant dreams    yeah yeah      so pleasant dreams to you my friend   to the one i know   life's done well with all of the riches   one could ever dream though cloaked in envy's spell       that more it could never    be enough and too little is    much worse than it seems       so i close my eyes and bid    you my farewell and I    wish you pleasant dreams    and i wish you pleasant    dreams yeah yeah      tonight i go to bed in the    cool summers air for    tonight i walked outside    and looked at God i saw    his face in the stars and    the moon and inside i feel