Thought I was layin in a gutter in   Milk cartons and bones   Thought I was standin on a mountain top   Looking over your homes   Thought I was laying in the garden with   My hands deep in soil   Thought I was there on an island   Shooting flares at your boat      Thought I was soothing like a violin   Confessing new rain   Thought I was poppin like a trumpet   Frantic for fame   Thought I was there like a building's built   On concrete and stone   But realized I'm just a hack actor   Finished playing my role      They're in my thoughts   Dreams old men dream   It's just like when we were kids   We figure out what they mean   Just try to listen to what they say   Just trying to listen to what they say      Thought I was riding fror 100 hours   Looking straight into me.   Thought I was reading on the newspaper   Obituaries   Tought i was nervous like a mailman   Reading your letters dear   Thought I was at our anniversary   Toasting 30 years      They're in my thoughts   Dreams old men dream   It's just like when we were kids   We figure out what they mean   Just try to listen to what they say   Just trying to listen to what they say      Push my piano outside   I don't care, I don't care.   Beneath the media black sky   I don't care, I don't care.   The neighbors will complain   Let the stare, let them stare.   Who knows where the time goes,   I don't care, I don't care      What would you think of me if I told you   I haven't slept in weeks   I've been up chasing my childhood memories (?)   These are dreams old men dream