we had time to dream our huckleberry glide downstream that s the way it seemed time was cheap as gasoline old route 66 through the sticks was our magic carpet how we used to fly and not look down far across the seas the history of the ancient empires earning our degrees we d study hard to stoke our own fires so summer we could fly you and i with our headphones blaring whistling through the fallen ruins of rome i know we re not at peace coming back across our border security police change the homeland threat to orange remember back when we were the free and the hopeful nation home from our vacation toe that line i got no time to rest search for work in carolina we used to make the best now they ship that stuff from china factories closing down left this town with our homeless shelters and blankets in the dirt when gates get closed ashes in the dust must have been their campfire burning it s boom until it s bust that s the lesson we ve been learning through our glory days all ablaze with our pride and promise we never saw the ways it all burns down we re leaving here tonight walk the rails across that river on the other side all the future can deliver across this great divide river s wide where the future s waiting if i can just decide to leave the past it s who we ve always been the land of dreams and visionaries the frontier starts again make our way with what we carry the journey is from here hope or fear for our children s children we are the pioneers we have a dream again