The Prisoner's Dream

(Karl Davis - Harty Taylor - Pat McAdory)



Last night as I lay sleeping I dreamed a dream so fair

I dreamed about my darling a rose was in her hair

I dreamed I left this prison started life anew

She told me that she loved me told me her love was true.



It was only a dream, just a prisoner's dream

As I lay on my cold prison bed

My dreams of you can never come true

Dear girl, I wish that I was dead.



I dreamed she called me darling kissed me and held me tight

I dreamed that we were married dreamed of a starry night

I dreamed about our children playing around my knee

They loved me called me daddy they thought the world of me.



It was only a dream, just a prisoner's dream

As I lay on my cold prison bed

My dreams of you can never come true

Dear girl, I wish that I was dead.



I dreamed a dream so lovely heaven on earth it seemed

My wife and little children came to me in my dreams

They threw their arms around me I was their pride and joy

My little wife she loved me I was her darling boy.



It was only a dream, just a prisoner's dream

As I lay on my cold prison bed

My dreams of you can never come true

Dear girl, I wish that I was dead...