I know the keys to happiness
lie never far away
I know they unlock all the doors
so I don't have to stay
I'm not trapped within a rut
I don't have to be alone
There's so much I can really be
I just have to get it done

Pushing everything aside
discovering a why
That dream that drives us to go on
the one that gets us by
I've had some real amazing dreams
but the flaw in them was me
I did not know the trick to life
was just to let them be

Even then that wouldn't work
for I am not the driver
of waking dreams that torture me
on which I can't deliver
My dreams need more than I can do
here all by myself
Dreams that come with families
now hidden on a shelf

There is no use in dreaming dreams
that never will come true
Though I'm told that they will if I
just get out there and do
It seems far-fetched and rather simple
I don't know what to believe
All I want is fewer worries
just a bit of a reprieve

Sick of waiting on something big
being passive to the flow
'actions speak louder than words'
a mantra that I know
so my why is in two parts
part need and part desire
the house is money I need to pay
but his faith it lights my fire

Darkness could swallow him alive
yet not extinguish that great light
his soul burns hard enough to prove
he knows which way is right
I've struggled hard against the mold
fought long to break away
but like the moth drawn to the flame
I am here to stay

Eyes on my heart know it all
every crack and every seam
gentle words of a gentle man
a man made out of dreams
his bright dreams and driving tone
set cadence to us all
mentoring, protecting too
when I'm up against the wall

So selfish it is to want for him
and give what wasn't asked
a home and heart and helping hands
sanctuary that will last
to work for him in many ways
I would not do for me
but I can't forget the simple rule
**'let each situation be.'