I spent half my life
on bended knee
Beggin' somebody to change
And the other half
prayin' to God
That they never would
And all it got me
was twice as lost
When it all turned
out the same
But all that beggin'
finally did somebody good
I used to dream all night
Of the day that was gone
But come the mornin' light
Forever from now on
Gonna do my dreamin'
with my eyes wide open
I'll do my lookin' back
with my eyes closed
We can do some livin'
Or spend our whole life hopin'
'Cause in the end
we're left with
The one we chose
I'll do my dreamin'
with my eyes wide open
Every time the world moved on
I fell a little further behind
From runnin' back
or followin' someone home
Till I learned that
one step forward
will take you further on
Than a thousand back
or a million
that ain't your own
I used to dream all night
of the day that was gone
But come the mornin' light
Forever from now on
Gonna do my dreamin'
with my eyes wide open
I'll do my lookin' back
with my eyes closed
We can do some livin'
Or spend our whole life hopin'
'Cause in the end
we're left with
The one we chose
I'll do my dreamin'
with my eyes wide open
We can do some livin'
Or spend our whole life hopin'
'Cause in the end
we're left with
The one we chose
I'll do my dreamin'
with my eyes wide open