When Dreams Come True Lyrics

Nice girls are writing in journals

Things they wish they'd done

All their bad sisters

Are walking high wires

Counting the days in a month

The awful truth doesn't bear thinking

Nor does the half-baked lie

They get their hopes dirty

Once in a while

Wash them and hang them to dry

Everyone's down except for the clowns

And nobody knows where to go

It's hell up in heaven

There's nothing much here

And all the real men are below

What happens when dreams come true?

Would we know what to do

When our dreams come true?

A saviour rolls in past the big sign

That says "Strangers - Please Turn Round"

The men tie him up to a feeding post

Take his credentials down

The sun beats rays on our salad days

His lips get parched and dry

The girls bring him drink with a giggle and a wink

And his moment of glory expires

What happens when dreams come true?

Would we know what to do

When our dreams come true?

Mr. Sandman can't believe it

He thought he gave them what they needed

You couldn't get no higher

Than a handsome dark Messiah

But he's got one more trick up his sleeve

Before he gives up once again

A Siren goes off as she walks in

And the cowboy lies dying in the dust

She walks through the room

Where the gentlemen gather

Surrounded by debris and rust

She smoulders and steams

Straight out of their dreams

But no-one will talk to her first

Big words are just words

They're small and absurd

She leaves and we all die of thirst

What happens when dreams come true?

Would we know what to do

When our dreams come true?