under the cold blue stars you would just stroll around the yard thats what happens to dreams when the life strains and the child lays in you when you got old you played guitar in a little town your favorite bar just blowing the steam now the lights fade and everyone s paid to see you so did the farm steal your soul when the cornfields won t grow its time to leave now the heart bleeds and the family leans on you you were under the cold blue stars in another town your favorite bar that s what happens to dreams when the life strains and the child lays in you