When Dreams Come True

She came from a poor home

On the wrong side of the river

Where she played out in the streets

And dreamed of better

He came from the farmland

Where he worked hard every day

Like a prince in shining armor

He came and took her away

And she never had to work

A day in her life

Everything she needed he provides

She was sweet 16

And he was 22

She'd never had a lover

And he had had a few

He had his heart broken

By a he called his wife

But in her he saw a new hope

A chance for a better life

And never did their love ever fade

And never have their hearts ever strayed

But today they sit in different rooms

In the same house

Watching different TVs

They hardly ever speak

They get together to sleep and eat

And I wonder, do they remember me?

Or am I just one of their dreams

That didn't work out?

I bet they'd given up on me by now

All they ever wanted out of life

Was a house and a car

And money in the bank

They worked hard

For such a long long time

But at last they got all of those things

So what do you do

When all of your dreams come true?