Before

I dreamed of Louisiana



And a night in Lafayette



We had breakfast with Susanna



We were young and wild and left







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WhatÔÇÖs different here than in that dream



and in reality



Is we werenÔÇÖt afraid to fail in love



and we all believed in the dream



BeforeÔÇŞBefore







I dreamed of Manhattan



In a time before this war



It was snowing down on Bleecker Street



It was before you were a star







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Now everything is twilight



ItÔÇÖs a time too dark to see



ItÔÇÖs fear of being what we were



And pondering the dream







Then I dreamed of Texas



And the Gulf Coast shores



I dreamed of who we used to be



And the hope we had before







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