An Old English Dream

PROCOL HARUM - An Old English Dream from the “The Well’s On Fire” album (2003) [Intro] x2 [Verse 1] They say this fair city Has ten thousand souls Some live in mansions And some live in holes Some eat from silver And some eat from gold Some sift through garbage And sleep in the cold Sleep out in the cold        [Chorus 1] I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars I saw a deep river all choked up with cars          dim                                    And babe in cradle and cat with the cream And an old English church yard and an old English dream        [Verse 2] Once we had a country And thought it so fair If you look through the mirror You can still find it there But now our great country Is broken and torn And all of its promise And liberties worn All of its liberties worn       [Chorus 2] I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars I saw a deep river all choked up with cars          dim                                    And babe in cradle and cat with the cream And an old English church yard and an old English dream [Instrumental] [Verse 3] I saw a great plain in winter All covered in snow Ten thousand soldiers Marched to and fro I saw a broken down building With ten thousand doors None of them open None of them yours Not a one of them yours                 [Chorus 3] I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars I saw a deep river all choked up with cars          dim                                    And babe in cradle and cat with the cream And an old English church yard and an old English dream      And an old English dream      And an old English dream