[Chorus]
Why can't it be just a dream
Sucks the life right out of me
Got me begging on my knees
Why can't it be just a dream
I'd be flying and so free
If it all were up to me

[Verse 1]
My mama raised me to hold my head up high within the crowd
But then I got older and I started to carry a frown
The world would grow so heavy on my conscience that I'd mentally drown
The people in my life they didn't listen when they saw I was down

[Chorus]
Why can't it be just a dream
Sucks the life right out of me
Got me begging on my knees
Why can't it be just a dream
I'd bе flying and so free
If it all were up to me
Why can't it bе just a dream

[Verse 2]
I'd close my eyes at night to see the life that I desire
When I wake up I try to recreate what I saw
The world would grow so heavy on my conscience that I'd mentally drown
The people in my life they didn't listen when they saw I was down
[Chorus]
Why can't it be just a dream
Sucks the life right out of me
Got me begging on my knees
Why can't it be just a dream
I'd be flying and so free
If it all were up to me

Why can't it be just a dream
Sucks the life right out of me
Got me begging on my knees
Why can't it be just a dream
I'd be flying and so free
If it all were up to me

[Outro]
Why can't it be just a dream
A dream