I know a woman   Her husband died and he left her with two little children   So she went back to school and she got a degree in business   Yeah, now she owns one   And she taught those kids you can do anything   With the heart of a true believer   Yeah, she's an American dreamer      And I've got a woman   And she waits for me with the light on 'cause she knows I'm coming   And she talks about babies and building a house in the country   Yeah, where it's sunny   And she's got faith that can do anything   But she'll never know how much I need her   Yeah, she's an American Dreamer      Back in the sixties, well Haggard's in prison   He's thinking about writing a tune   And a guy named Armstrong was crazy enough   To think he could walk on the moon   And a preacher named King, well he had a dream   He believed we could all live as one      And a soldier somewhere is praying for peace   While he's cleaning his gun   American dreamers      And I had a father; he said son if something ain't real   Then you don't even bother   And he wasn't a saint   But, I'd swear the man walked on water   Yeah and he taught me   I ain't just a long-legged hell-raising   Son of a pipelining, honky-tonk singer   Yeah, I'm an American dreamer   I'm an American dreamer