Daddy brought home
a photograph
from the paper yesterday
It showed a line of wagons
movin' someplace far away
Well that picture made
my daddy smile
It made my momma cry
Seems like daddy's
wagon load of dreams
had long since passed her by
But the dream that
makes a sparrow fly
can make an eagle fall
One that makes
a rich man money
it ain't no dream at all
It's a cryin' shame to wake up
just to find it's
all been broke in two
Careful what you're dreamin'
'cause it someday
may come true
Well he talked on
all through supper time
'bout the good
prospector's life
Couldn't see momma
didn't want to be
no good prospector's wife
He said we best
sell out and go before
the weather turns too cold
And maybe buy
ourselves an extra horse
to carry all that gold
But the dream that
makes a sparrow fly
can make an eagle fall
One that makes
a rich man money
it ain't no dream at all
It's a cryin' shame to wake up
just to find it's
all been broke in two
Careful what you're dreamin'
'cause it someday
may come true
I got up soon as
the first light came
to start the mornin' fire
Wonderin' if my momma's will
had cooled that man's desire
And inside that stove
upon the coals
and ashen paper lay
It was a ghostly line
of wagons
movin' someplace far away
And the dream that
makes a sparrow fly
can make an eagle fall
One that makes
a rich man money
it ain't no dream at all
It's a cryin' shame to wake up
just to find it's
all been broke in two
Careful what you're dreamin'
'cause it someday
may come true
Oh be careful
what you're dreamin'
'cause it someday
may come true