I STILL DREAM OF AMERICA
Words & Music by Judith Owen

When I was young
And London bound
The taste of coal mines
Still in my sound
(The loss of leaving all around)
I looked to a distant star

The music that would
Stir my soul
Across the sea
Came Jelly Roll
So when rainy pavements
Took their toll
I dreamt of America

The Land that welcomed
Souls to save
Where all stood equal
Lost and brave
A second chance
*From birth to grave
Where differences would blur

I watched the movies
Loved those tales
Of men who rose
Wind in their sails
The Everyman
Who would prevail
And I dreamt of America

When I recall
What used to be
When I was lost
A ship at sea
And all that this land
Meant to me
My heart begins to stir
I still dream of America

For what we want
And what we find
That lovers tiff
‘Tween heart and mind
Missing what we’ve left behind
When I dreamt

And I dream of the cowboys
And the big skies