8 years old wearing his daddy's hardhat   he grabbed the water hose said he saw the fireman do it like that   His wagon was his ladder truck he pulled it around   And at the top of his lungs he'd make a fire engine sound      In the dream he's more than just a hero   more than anything he ever wanted to be   In the dream there's a world that lasts forever   and life is so much better than it seems   close your eyes you can be anything    In the dream      Fumbling through the attic she found her mother's old wedding dress   she said someday she'd wear it and wouldn't mama be impressed   she can just about imagine what everyone will say   when her knight in shining armor comes to carry her away      In the dream she's a pretty as a picture   More than anything she ever wanted to be   In the dream there's a world that lasts forever   and life is so much better than it seems   close your eyes you can be anything   in the dream      On the one side of the isle   sits all her family    On the other side are all his friends   from engine 53      when she looks at him I wonder if he knows   to her he's still the boy she met 20 years ago   In the dream he's more than just a hero   she's pretty as a picture like they wanted to be      In the dream there's a world that lasts forever   and life is so much better than it seems   close your eyes you can be anything   close your eyes you can be anything   In the dream