"Wear The Chains" lyrics - NEAL MORSE

The dreamers all got day jobs
Their imaginations fill the corporation halls
The stoners have now hit the big time
Special parking for their Porsches
Has replaced the rebel torches
That used to burn inside their minds

But then the rains came and the blood flowed
While we tried to stake our claim
But when the smoke cleared
We lined up in droves to gladly wear the chains
We will gladly wear the chains

The greenies have clear cut the lumber
We had to feed our children, there was nothing else to do
But how we got here, man, it's a wonder
We'll make payments, it's no trouble
We're just doing what is normal
We can't go back, think of all we'd lose

Then the rains came and the blood flowed
Now it's much too late to change
And when the smoke cleared
We lined up in droves to gladly wear the chains
Oh yes, we gladly wear the chains

I had a dream Sunday morning
I saw a ship just like a rainbow with diamonds in her crown
The line for this cruise stretched on for miles
And no one could afford it
But we gave our lives to board it
Though we all knew it was goin' down

Then the rains came and the blood flowed
'Til our dreams went down in flames
And when the smoke cleared we lined up in droves
And no one could explain
While freedom cried our name
We would gladly wear the chains
But we gladly wear the chains

The dreamers all got day jobs