Bad Dream

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

From the album American Boy & Girl (1979)

Everybody keeps puttin’ him down

Sayin’ this and a sayin’ that

Spreadin’ little rumors

Like the talk of the town

Talkin’ in shadows

Behind his back

But soon some day

They will say

I knew him well and I knew him when

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

One by one they stand in line

Open up their eyes to see

Two by two they find the time

Shake your hands

“Say hey can you use me?”

Soon some day

They will say

I knew him well and I knew him when

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

Just like a bad dream

As if it never happened

Soon come some day