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I Had A Dream Last Night
When night falls in my little town
 There's hardly a soul or a sound
 The stars shining in the night sky
 The echo's of “Farewell!” and “Goodbye!”
 The car doors are slamming and then
 Silence is in the air again
 My little town makes it very easy
 To settle down quickly and begin to sleep...
 
 ...I have dreams when I sleep of my own secret place
 Where everything is easy to create and erase
 It's my own little fantasy world that I know
 Will always be the way I left it when I go
 There's a bright shining sun and a big bright blue sky
 Filled with milky white clouds, and bluebirds way up high
 The grass is just green enough, the trees are just tall enough
 The animals just there enough, the rain droplets just small enough
 The people are friendly in my perfect, small town
 But there's something amiss, that is never around
 The grass is just too green, the trees almost too tall
 The animals are nice, and it be nice with no rain at all
 My town is just too perfect as the sun begins to glare
 It stares at me, still shining, as if it doesn't want me there
 Maybe it's not the town? Maybe it's just little me
 Who seems to be imperfect beside the birds, the sun, and trees
 Am I really not even worthy, of something that I made up?
 Am I still awkward and undesirable with all of my make up?
 And then I decided something, something right then and there
 That it didn't matter how, and it didn't matter where
 I was always perfectly imperfect, and I wouldn't change a thing
 I'm fine wherever I am, no matter what's happening
 And the sun began to darken, and the clouds began to gray
 And the trees we growing taller, all the animals ran away
 And as it was all fading I firmly held my place
 “I am happy with who I am! My hands, my feet, my face!”
 And as my perfect world was almost faded away
 My eyes began to open realizing it was day...
 
 Now back in my own town, safe and sound and happy
 I realized that I was right, though that might sound kind of sappy
 I am great the way I am and no one can ever change that
 Whether I am pretty, ugly, boring, funny, skinny, or even fat
 And now the sun is shining in my hometown on this fine day
 I think I'll stay inside, just this one Sunday

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