PRISONER'S DREAM
(Karl Davis / Harty Taylor / Pat McAdory)


Hank Snow - 1964

Also recorded by: Hylo Brown



Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamed a dream so fair
I dreamed about my darlin', a rose was in her hair
I dreamed I left this prison, started life anew
She told me that she loved me, told me her love was true

It was only a dream (It was only a dream)
Just a prisoner's dream (Just a prisoner's dream)
As I lay on my cold prison bed (Cold, cold bed)
My dreams of you (My dreams of you)
Can never come true (Can never come true)
Dear girl, I wish that I was dead

I dreamed she called me darlin', kissed me and held me tight
I dreamed that we were married, dreamed of a starry night
I dreamed about our children playing around my knee
They loved me, called me daddy, they thought the world of me

It was only a dream (It was only a dream)
Just a prisoner's dream (Just a prisoner's dream)
As I lay on my cold prison bed (Cold, cold bed)
My dreams of you (My dreams of you)
Can never come true (Can never come true)
Dear girl, I wish that I was dead

I dreamed a dream so lovely, heaven on earth it seemed
My wife and little children came to me in my dreams
They threw their arms around me, I was their pride and joy
My little wife she loved me, I was her darlin' boy

It was only a dream (It was only a dream)
Just a prisoner's dream (Just a prisoner's dream)
As I lay on my cold prison bed (Cold, cold bed)
My dreams of you (My dreams of you)
Can never come true (Can never come true)
Dear girl, I wish that I was dead
Dear girl, I wish that I was dead



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2019)