While in these days of quiet desperation   As I wander through the world in which I live   I search everywhere for some new inspiration   But it's more than cold reality can give   If I need a cause for celebration   Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind   I rely on my imagination   And I dream of an imaginary time      CHORUS   I know that everybody has a dream   Everybody has a dream   And this is my dream, my own   Just to be at home   And to be all alone...with you      If I believe in all the words I'm saying   And if a word from you can bring a better day   Then all I have are these games that I've been playing   To keep my hope from crumbling away   So let me lie and let me go on sleeping   and I will lose myself in palaces of sand   and all the fantasies that I have been keeping   Will make the empty hours easier to stand      CHORUS