A Man Of Dreams

I am an actor on the stage where people go to laugh

to ease their care with merriment and help the time to pass

I memorize my lines by day I change between the scenes

I play the part that’s handed me, I am a man of dreams

I am a soldier in the field where death and blood flow free

yet I make just my living here this isn’t really me

for through my mind flow songs of love, with fancy daring schemes

for women, life, and manly pride, I am a man of dreams

I am the one in nursing care who cannot see or hear

I live the life that many now reject and seem to fear.

I pass my days in quiet rest recalling field and streams

I wait for my redeemer’s call, I am a man of dreams.