Lyrics

Woke up this mornin’, moon hangin’ on the pines
Cold sweat on my pillow, shadows movin’ through my mind
There’s a freight train runnin’ through a memory of you
Old screen door slammin’, but the porch light’s broken to
What does a bad dream look like?
It’s rain on a tin roof all night
It’s a dog howlin’ at a restless sky
And a truck stuck in the mud outside
It’s reachin’ for your hand in the dark of the room
But findin’ nothin’ there but the emptiness and gloom
If you want to know what haunts me through the night
That’s what a bad dream looks like
Mama always told me, "Son, face what you fear"
But these ghosts keep whisperin’, "She’s never comin’ back here"
Got a bottle half empty, and a Bible on the stand
But neither one can wake me from the trouble that I’m in
What does a bad dream look like?
It’s the sound of your voice on the wind
A knock on the door that never lets you in
Broken strings on my old guitar
And a heart that can’t heal from a love gone far
If you want to know what keeps me up at night
That’s what a bad dream looks like
Maybe in the daylight, these shadows’ll fade
But tonight they’re dancin’ in the mess we made
What does a bad dream look like?
It’s rain on a tin roof all night
It’s a lost highway with no end in sight
And your memory in every tail light
If you want to know what lingers when I close my eyes
That’s what a bad dream looks like
So I stare at the ceilin’ ‘til the sunrise creeps in
Hopin’ these bad dreams don’t come ‘round again