Dream Again

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
 (We were)
 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
 (Come on)
 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