on a dark december morning when the sun refused to shine spent another sleepless night got so much on my mind think i finally know what s wrong i think i ve gotta leave this place behind so i said wake up linda i ve had a dream i dreamed we moved away from here to a place i d never seen where the nights were long and cold and the air was fresh and clean and there we were standing underneath the western sky beside a home we built ourselves way up in the mountains high and we lived happy there just you and i on a river of dreams there s no need to worry now cause i ve got a plan we don t need this modern world i m not a modern man we re gonna get ourselves off these city streets we re gonna get back on the land there s a whole lot of people out there feel just like you and me they d love to pack their leavin trucks and say goodbye to all their misery what d ya say we pack up that camaro honey and chase the sun until we re free and if i could i d lift you up on angel wings we d fly away and never worry about a thing we d know the joy and riches a simple life can bring on a river of dreams on a river of dreams so get your things together now i ll be getting mine i ve finally got the feeling girl the sun is gonna shine you know people don t run out of dreams people just run out of time let s find that place out there underneath the western sky we ll build a home ourselves way up in the mountains high we ll live happy there til the day we die on a river of dreams and we ll have stars to wish on every single night we ll build a fire and make love by candlelight we ll do our moondance til we get it right on a river of dreams on a river of dreams i can see us standing by the river holding hands beside the river