Lyrics Cold War Kids

Cold War Kids

Dreams Old Men Dream

Thought I was laying in the gutter in

Milk cartons and bones

But I was standing on a mountain top

Looking over your homes

Thought I was laying my garden with

My hands deep in soil

But I was there on an island

Shooting flares at your boat

Thought I was soothing like a violin

Confessing new rain

But I was piping like a trumpet

Frantic for fame

Thought I was built like a building's built

Iron, concrete and stone

I realize I'm just a hack actor

Finished playing my role

Your reading my thoughts

Dreams old men dream

It's just like when we were kids

We'd lay around wondering

We try to listen to what they say

Thought I was writing for a hundred hours

Looking straight into me

But I was reading on the news paper

Obituaries

Thought I was nervous like a mailman

Reading your letters, dear

But I was at our anniversary

Toasting 30 years

Your reading my thoughts

Dreams old men dream

It's just like when we were kids

We'd lay around wondering

We try to listen to what they say

We try to listen to what they say

Push my piano outside

I don't care, I don't care

Beneath the meteor black sky

I don't care, I don't care

The neighbours will complain

Let them 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 with a pin

These are dreams old men dream