Lift Your Head

In this restless land of yearning 

I can hear the roaring blaze

Of hopes and dreams and castles burning

Churning out a smoky haze

 

CHORUS:

Love me, hold me, dance me, darling

Across this bridge of pencil lead

If life attacks you snapping and snarling

Stomp your feet and lift your head

 

If your cares are suffocating

Time to come away with me

There are better dreams awaiting

I wait for you so wistfully

 

CHORUS:

If all your expectations waver

All your green lights turn to red

Your lollipop has lost its flavor

Drop your cares and lift your head

 

Life pulls the rug from under you,

You think you hear it thunder too

Your golden eggs have all turned blue

And one of them grew wings and flew

 

CHORUS:

When all your happy hopes have fled

It’s time to dream some dreams instead

And if they tumble out of bed

Just pick them up and lift your head

 

Just hold my hand and don’t let go

I see things you cannot see

Oh, where’s the guy I used to know

Oh, where’s the girl I used to be

 

CHORUS:

Love me, hold me, dance me, darling

On this bridge of pencil lead

If life attacks you snapping and snarling

Just stomp your feet and lift your head

 

By Mary James & Jean James