Dead Men Got No Dreams Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

Go ahead and live your life 

And love it every day 

'Cause if you don't, I think you'll see 

How it slowly slips away 

Till one day you wake and find 

All your dreams committed suicide 

And there you go 

You got a dead man on your hands 

Now everyone has other lives in mind 

Once they've taken care of needs 

But won't it blow their minds, how quickly time flies 

And that's all to life that there's goin' to be 

So be careful what you pretend to be 

Choose it well what you think you're goin' to be 

'Cause what you pretend is exactly what you'll be 

We all admire a man who's free 

One who dares to speak his mind 

A friend who disagrees without apologies 

But I've heard that leads to jail sometimes 

So be careful what you pretend to be 

Choose it well what you think you're goin' to be 

'Cause what you pretend is exactly what you'll be 

Now if you've planned to live your life just so 

A simple road without a bend 

As you walk that line, I think you'll find friend 

There's changes down the road you didn't figure in 

Go ahead and live your life 

And love it every day 

'Cause if you don't, I think you'll see 

How it slowly slips away 

Till one day you wake and find 

All your dreams committed suicide 

And there you go 

You got a dead man on your hands 

You know you gotta dream, yeah 

And dead men got no dreams, no no no 

So better go and dream, yeah 

You know you gotta dream, yeah 

You know you gotta dream 

You know you better dream, yeah 

[Incomprehensible] 

You know you gotta dream