Dream Of A Child

When I was a boy I dreamed of Phillip Marlowe

He took me as his partner took me as his friend

Gave me his fedora gave me shotgun fever

Took me as his partner to the end

When I was a boy I dreamed I was a jeweler

With a family business that was free and clear

Selling golden earrings to Mrs Mickey Mantle

Trying to be gentle while I stuck it in her ear

The dream of a child, the song of a man

The key and the time are at his command

The dream of a child the song of a man

The key and the time are at his command

When I was a boy I dreamed I saved my sister

From the Rosicrucians for the love of God

I threw myself among them slaughtering their numbers

Striking at their laughter crying so hard

The dream of a child the song of a man

The key and the time are at this command

The dream of a child the song of a man

The key and the time are at his command

When I was a boy I dreamed that Elvis Presley

Was standing on the corner kissing Brenda Lee

Mama always told me love was made in Heaven

Tell me how my best friend could steal my love from me

I love Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee loves me