I'M LIVING A DREAM I HAD YEON [Intro — music box plays a simple childlike melody, solo violin answers] [Verse 1 — soft grand piano, intimate vocal] There was a girl who loved the sound Of violins in evening gowns. She'd close her eyes and take her place In worlds that never showed her face. She didn't have a golden key Or anyone to guarantee That all the beauty she could see Was something she could someday be. [Pre-Chorus — cello enters] Years went by, the seasons turned, Some dreams faded, some still burned, And somewhere underneath it all, I heard that little girl still call. [Chorus — strings swell] I'm living a dream I had When I was just a girl, Before I knew how hard it was To make it in this world. I didn't know the road ahead Or all the tears I'd cry, But here I am, and there she is With wonder in her eyes. I'm living a dream I had, And she's living it with me. [Verse 2 — oboe and soft brushed drums] I never wore those satin gowns Or sang in halls of great renown, But I found music in my hands And built a world where I could stand. No one had to let me in, So I let the music in. I wrote the notes I longed to hear And brought that distant world right here. [Chorus] I'm living a dream I had When I was just a girl, Before I knew how hard it was To make it in this world. I didn't know the road ahead Or all the tears I'd cry, But here I am, and there she is With wonder in her eyes. I'm living a dream I had, And she's living it with me. [Bridge — piano only, sung softly] Little girl, can you hear it? That's our music playing now. All the things you used to wish for Found their way to us somehow. And I know we lost some moments, And some roads we never knew, But I kept a little promise I didn't know I'd made to you. [Instrumental — solo violin plays the music box melody, orchestra builds] [Final Chorus — full orchestra, French horn, gospel warmth] I'm living a dream I had, And you are here with me. We're sitting where we always dreamed That someday we might be. No, life was never perfect, But there's beauty in the years, And the girl who dreamed of music Is the woman who brought it here. I'm living a dream I had, I'm living a dream I had. [Outro — solo piano and music box, sung softly] And she's smiling back at me. [End — music box melody fades]
