some times i wonder where i d be if all my friends abandoned me on a vessel out to sea took every lifeboat and they ran it s funny how we d switch our roles with empty cabins empty hulls and all the food filled up with mold i d stand on deck without a hand feeling so much bigger than i am and so i dim the lights and i crack a beer i think to myself about the things i said i d do this year growing old takes its toll until you re losing track of all the things you won t have back again five minutes pass and i get scared i take the ladder than the stairs trying hard to get some air inside these lungs that i neglect i grip the wheel and try to turn i never looked i never learned just playing captain to my kind to think it never crossed my mind please forgive me i want to go home wake me up now i m so tired of being lonely strips of moonlight in the clouds are breaking through i ll be dreaming baby i ll be dreaming of you after a night without a mate i hung my head and loved my fate counted the hairs upon my face i never thought i d have the time but when the day came to an end i missed my family and my friends all driven out by my control if everyone do what they re told i wouldn t be so bold i wouldn t act so old hey honey i wouldn t stay so cold and so i dim the lights and i crack a beer i think to myself about the things i ll probably do next year growing old never takes its toll until you re losing track of all the things you won t have back again and there s so many of them then one morning i awoke inside a clearing in the smoke my fist like quarters scratching wax off of my eyes i hit the door then i hit the roof i bit my tongue i broke a tooth i saw a landing to the left of the sunrise and i cried please forgive me i want to go home wake me up now oh i m so tired of being lonely strips of moonlight in the clouds are breaking through i ll be dreaming baby i ll be dreaming of i ll be dreaming baby i ll be dreaming yeah i ll be dreaming baby i ll be dreaming of you