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She laid down, in clover
Clouds rollin' by like a marshmallow parade
Gone dreamin', angel with a dirty face
The wildest flower
The good Lord ever made
Well, her teachers called her, "problem child"
Her parents never understood
But silently she held her breath
She knew one day that she would

Be dreamin' out loud
Free to fly high and proud
She's livin' for the day
When she'll hear the people back home say,
(Hey!) "Look at her now."

(Dreamin' out loud)
Look at her now

She left home, one summer
Flyin' toward the bright lights of a city far away
Now she's singin', like a neon nightingale
In every roadhouse and honky tonk cabaret
Well, through all the noise, the come-on lines
And guitar's ringin' in her ears
She takes the stage and for one more night
The world around her disappears

She's dreamin' out loud
Free to fly high and proud
She's livin' for the day
When she'll hear the people back home say,
(Hey!) "Look at her now."

(Dreamin' out loud)

They used to say,
"Girl, come back to reality."
But she'd smile and say,
"It's too quiet there for me."

Dreamin' out loud
Free to fly high and proud
She's livin' for the day
When she'll hear the people back home say,
(Hey!) "Look at her now."

(Dreamin' out loud)
(Hey!) Look at her now
(Dreamin' out loud)
(Hey!) She's dreamin' out loud
(Dreamin' out loud)
(Hey!) Look at her now
(Dreamin' out loud)
(Hey!) Dreamin' out loud
(Dreamin' out loud)

"Dreaming Out Loud"
by Sherrie' Austin
from Love In The Real World
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In The Eye Of The Storm