Cover art for The Dream Is Over by Van Halen

The Dream Is Over

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Jun. 17, 19911 viewer

The Dream Is Over Lyrics

[Intro]
Psst, hey, come on, man, wake up

Oh, yeah, yeah!

I see the power
Changin' hands
Risin' from the streets
A self-made businessman
Knows how the system can be beat

Oh, we're the lost generation
Have no place to go
The road to destruction
Is all we need to know

'Cause it's a rip off
We're stripped, drawn, and cheated
We're flat stone-cold lied to
We're not defeated
Nooo, sir

Easy money
It's the way out
Join the Family
No middleman
No I.R.S
Your ticket out of poverty
Oh, we're the lost generation
I hold fate from a string
Lookin' for direction
Reachin' out for anything, so

Dream another dream
This dream is over (Oooh oooh oh)
Dream another dream
This dream is over (Dream another dream)
Dream another dream
This dream is over, (Oooh) over yeah (Dream another dream)
So dream another dream

[Guitar solo]
Ah, yeow!!!!
250
Oh, it's a rip off
We're stepped on an' cheated
Flat stone-cold lied to
We're not defeated, noooo

Dream another dream
This dream is over (Oooh oooh oh)
Dream another dream
This dream is over, over (Dream another dream)
Dream another dream
This dream is over, (Oooh oooh oh) oh
Dream another dream
This dream is over, over, yeah (Dream another dream)
Dream another dream (Ooh ooh ooh)
Dream another dream (Dream another dream, oooh ooh ooh)
Dream another dream, oh
This dream's all over (Dream another dream)
Dream another dream (Dream another dream)
Dream another dream

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