Bob Dylan's Dream

While riding on a train goin' West I fell asleep for to take my rest I dreamed a dream that made me sad Concerning myself, and the first few friends I had With half damp eyes, I stared to the room Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon Where we together weathered many a-storm Laughin' and singin' 'til the early hours of the morn' By the old wooden stove where our hats were hung Our words were told and our songs were sung We longed for nothin' and were satisfied Talkin' and jokin' about the world outside With haunted hearts through the heat and cold We never thought we could get very old We thought we could sit forever in fun Though our chances really were a million to one As easy it was to tell black from white It was all that easy to tell wrong from right Our choices were few and the thought never hit That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split How many a year has passed and gone Many a gamble has been lost and won And many a road taken by many a first friend And each one of them I've never seen again I wish, I wish, I wish in vain That we could sit simply in that room once again Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat I'd give it all gladly if our lives could be like that While riding on a train goin' West I fell asleep for to take my rest I dreamed a dream that made me sad Concerning myself and the first few friends I had