For a Dream

I picture us together, framed in gold leaf

On the mantel with the others, one big happy family

But that snapshot can't be found and I don't trust my memory

But it's all right, it's all right for a dream

I imagine we are gathered, this time not dressed in black

There's laughing and smiling, not stabbing in the back

But it's too good to be true and too bad I still recall the screams

But it's all right, it's all right for a dream

I keep half the picture, mostly in my mind

Mama dressed in white, ripped where she held your hand

Showing no signs of age, just slightly frayed along the seam

But it's all right, it's all right for a dream

It's all right, all that I can claim

It's all right, and it will have to do

It's all right, better than the pain

It's all right, better than the truth

It's all right, all right for a dream

It's all right, better than fate in the grand scheme

It's all right, it's all right

For Christmas and for New Year, I wish and I resolve

But I'm disappointed by myself, Jesus, and Santa Claus

I want to believe she's been saved and he's been redeemed

And it's all right, it's all right for a dream