ARTISTS FOR TENNESSEE FLOOD RELIEF

CITY OF DREAMS

I’M POETS AND PIRATES AND LEGENDS AND LORE
HONKYTONK ANGELS AND OLD TROUBADORS
LOST SOULS AND LOVERS WITH HEARTS ON THEIR SLEEVES
I AM YOUR CITY OF DREAMS

I’M DIRT ROADS AND FIREFLIES AND BRIGHT NEON LIGHTS
HIGH RISES, DOUBLEWIDES, LEFT WING AND RIGHT
AS BIG OR AS SMALL AS YOU WANT ME TO BE
I AM YOUR CITY, I AM YOUR…

CITY OF DREAMS
MY FAITH IS JUST WORN IT’S JUST
TATTERED AND TORN AT THE SEAMS
BUT DON’T YOU GIVE UP, DON’T YOU GIVE UP
DON’T GIVE UP ON ME

I’M TEACHERS AND RESEARCH AND FARMS BALING HAY
SPORTS FANS AND SYMPHONIES, BEER AND CHAMPAGNE

I’M BLACK AND I’M WHITE AND ALL SHADES IN BETWEEN
I AM YOUR CITY OF DREAMS

I’M BAPTIZED IN TEARS AND A RIVER OF RAIN
THE TEARS WILL RUN DRY BUT THE SCARS WILL REMAIN
BUT I’M NOT AS BROKEN AS I KNOW I SEEM
‘CAUSE I AM YOUR CITY, I AM YOUR…

CITY OF DREAMS
MY FAITH IS JUST WORN IT’S JUST
TATTERED AND TORN AT THE SEAMS
BUT DON’T YOU GIVE UP, DON’T YOU GIVE UP
DON’T GIVE UP ON ME
I’M STRONG AND I’M SACRED
THAT SWEET SOUTHERN GRACE IT RUNS DEEP
SO DON’T YOU GIVE UP, DON’T YOU GIVE UP
DON’T GIVE UP ON ME

Written by Victoria Banks (May 5, 2010)