Goodnight To A Mother's Dream Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

Flippin' bottle caps through the ring around the moon 

All alone on a Saturday night with the stars in bloom 

I am a vision of my mother's dream come true 

Built this house out in the hills all by my own will 

I've got love enough for two but it's just me and this old moon 

And the sailors on the water 

They all want the captain's daughter 

They want her beauty and her youth 

To grace their bow out on the sea 

Me, I'm getting older and I'm plain 

As plain as can be 

Got a bank full of mother's dreams 

Maybe mother just didn't see that love would be the only thing 

Her daughter would ever need 

Oh, I am the heart not taken 

The one thought not worth breakin' 

I am the late blooming rose 

With only her mother's dream to hold 

On this less traveled road 

Who really knows 

Maybe the hearts not taken 

Are truly made of gold 

I'm gonna flip one more bottle cap up at the moon 

I've got an early call with so much work to do 

But, when I go inside I'm gonna let my back door slam 

Mother, to tell the truth 

I would trade your dream away 

Just to hear some loved one say 

I love you, too 

And the sailors on the water 

They all want the captain's daughter 

They want her beauty and her youth 

To grace their bow out on the sea 

Me, I'm getting older and I'm plain 

As plain as can be 

Got a bank full of mother's dreams 

Maybe mother just didn't see that love would be the only thing 

Her daughter would ever need 

Say goodnight to the moon 

I'll say, 'I love you' to the moon 

And to my mother too 

Buenos suenos to the moon