The River of Dreams
Billy Joel

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To a river so deep
I must be looking for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it's too hard to cross

And even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore
And try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find out what I've been looking for

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the valley of fear
To a river so deep
And I've been searching for something
Taken out of my soul
Something I would never lose
Something somebody stole

I don't know why I go walking at night
But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I find what it is that I've been looking for

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the jungle of doubt
To a river so deep
I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night

I'm not sure about a life after this
God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river
That runs to the promised land

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Though the desert of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We're all carried along
By the river of dreams
In the middle of the night


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  52nd Street   A Hard Day's Night   A Hard Day's Night (Live)   A Matter Of Trust   A Minor Variation   A Room of Our Own   Ain't No Crime   Ain't No Crime   Ain’t No Crime   All About Soul   All About Soul (Remix)   All For Leyna   All My Life   All Shook Up   All You Wanna Do Is Dance   Allentown   Always a Woman   Amplifier Fire (Attila)   An Innocent Man   An Innocent Man [Album Version]   And So It Goes   Angry Young Man   Auld Lang Syne   Baby Grand   Baby Grand (Duet With Ray Charles)   Back in the U.S.S.R.   Back In The USSR   Big Man On Mulberry Street   Big Shot   Big Shot (Live)   Billy the Kid   Blonde Over Blue   C'etait Toi   C'etait Toi (you Were The One)   C'etait Toi   Captain Jack   Careless Talk   Carless Talk   Christie Lee   Christie Lee (Unreleased Version)   Christmas In Fallujah   Close To The Borderline   Code Of Silence   Cross To Bear   Dance to the Music   Don't Ask Me Why   Don't Worry Baby (An All Star Tribute To Brian Wil...   Don't Worry Baby (Live)   Don't Ask Me Why   Don't Worry Baby (An All Star Tribute To Bria...   Don't Worry Baby (Live)   Dont Ask Me Why   Easy Money   Easy Money [Album Version]   Elvis Presley Blvd.   Entertainer   Every Step I Take (Every Move I Make) (The Hassles...   Everybody Has A Dream   Everybody Has a Dream [Stranger Reprise]   Everybody Has a Dream/The Stranger (Reprise)   Everybody Loves You Now   Fallin' Of The Rain   Falling Of The Rain   Famous Last Words   Flip-Flop Girl   For The Longest Time   Get It Right the First Time   Getting Closer   Getting Closer (Unreleased Version)   Goodnight My Angel (lullaby)   Goodnight Saigon   Goodnight Saigon (Live)   Goodnight Siagon   Got To Begin Again   Half A Mile Away   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas   He's Always A Woman   Heartbreak Hotel   Hey Girl   Highway 61 Revisited   Honesty   Honesty [Album Version]   Honky Tonk Women   House Of Blue Light   I Don't Want To Be Alone   I Don't Want To Be Alone   I Go To Extremes   I'll Cry Instead   I'll Cry Instead (Live)   I've Loved These Days   I'll Cry Instead   I've Loved These Days   If I Only Had The Words   If I Only Had The Words (to Tell You)   In A Sentimental Mood   Innocent Man   It's Still Rock 'n Roll to Me   It's Still Rock And Roll To Me   It's Still Rock And Roll To Me   It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me   James   Jeans On   Josephine   Just For   Just The Way You Are   Keeping The Face   Keeping The Faith   Last Of The Big Time Spenders   Laura   Leave A Tender Moment Alone   Leningrad   Let It Be   Let Your Heart Show You The Way   Let's Drop The Big One Now   Light As A Breeze   Light As the Breeze   Long Long Time   Los Angelenos   Los Angelenos (Video Version)   Lullaby   Lullabye   Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)   Lullabye (goodnight, My Angel)   Make You Feel My Love   Matter Of Trust   Miami 2017   Miami 2017 (seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)   Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) [L...   Modern Woman   Modern Woman [Album Version]   Money Or Love   Motorcycle Song   Movin Out   Movin' Out   Movin' Out (anthony's Song)   Movin' Out   Mr. Cellophane (Chicago Soundtrack)   Music Source   My Journey's End (The Lost Souls)   My Journey's End (The Lost Souls)   My Life   New Mexico   New York State Of Mind   New York State of Mind [Live]   Night Is Still Young   No Man's Land   No Man's Land   Nobody Knows But Me   Nobody Knows It But Me   Nocturne   Odoya   Only A Man   Only The Good Die Young   Only The Good Die Young (live, 1993-09: Boston, MA...   Only The Good Die Young (Unreleased Version)   Opus 5. Waltz Number 2 (Steinway Hall)   Oyster Bay   Piano Bar   Piano Man   Piano Man (Unreleased Version)   Prelude Angry Young Man   Prelude/Angry Young Man   Prelude/Angry Young Man [Live]   Prelude\/Angry Young Man   Pressure   River Of Dreams   Roberta   Rockin' in The Free World   Rockin' In The Free World   Rosalinda's Eyes   Rosalinda's Eyes   Running on Ice   Say Goodbye To Hollywood   Say Goodbye to Hollywood [Live]   Scandinavian Skies   Scenes From An Italian Kitchen   Scenes From An Italian Restaurant   Scenes from an Italian Restaurant [Live]   Shades Of Grey   Shameless   She's Always A Woman   She's Always A Woman (Live)   She's Always A Woman To Me   She's Got A Way   She's Got A Way (Live)   She's got a way about her   She's Right On Time   She's Got A Way   She's Right On Time   She’s Always A Woman   She’s Got A Way   Shes Always A Woman   Shes Got A Way   Shout (Live At The Yankee Stadium)   Shout (Live)   Sleeping With The Television On   Sometimes A Fantasy   Sometimes I Wish   Somewhere Along The Line   Souvenir   Souvenir [Live]   State Of Grace   Stiletto   Stop In Nevada   Storm Front   Stranger   Streetlife Serenader   Summer   Summer, Highland Falls   Surprises   Tell Her About It   Temptation   That's Not Her Style   That's Not Her Style   The Ballad of Billy the Kid   The Bitch is Back   The Bridge   The Downeaster "alexa"   The Downeaster & Quot;Alexa & Quot ;   The Downeaster & Quot;Alexa & Quot ;   The Downeaster "alexa"   The Downeaster Alexa   The End Of The World   The Entertainer   The Good Life   The Great Suburban Showdown   The Great Wall Of China   The Longest Time   The Mexican Connection (Instrumental)   The Night Is Still Young   The Prime Of Your Life   The Prime Of Your Love   The Siegfried Line   The Stranger   The Times They Are a - Changin'   The Times They Are A-Changin'   The Times They Are A-Changin' (Live)   The Times They Are A-Changin'   These Are The Times   These Are The Times To Remember   These Rhinestone Days   This Is The Time   This Night   Through The Long Night   Time And Time Again   Time And Time Again (The Lost Souls)   To Make You Feel My Love   Tomorrow is Today   Travelin' Prayer   Travelin' Prayer   Travelin’ Prayer   Travellin' Prayer   Turn Around   Turnaround (Live April 1972 At Sigma Sound Studios...   Two Thousand Years   Until The Night   Until the Night [Album Version]   Uptown Girl   Vienna   We Didn't Start The Fire   We Didn't Start The Fire   We Gaan Allemaal Ten Onder   Weekend Song   What’s Your Name   When in Rome   When You Wish Upon A Star   Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)?   Where's The Orchestra?   Where's The Orchestra?   Why Jude ? Why ?   Why Judy Why   Why Judy? Why?   Why Should I Worry   Why Should I Worry?   Why Vienna? (Live)   Worse Comes To Worst   Worst Come to Worst   You Can Make Me Free   You Look So Good To Me   You May Be Right   You Picked A Real Bad Time   You're My Home   You're Only Human   You're Only Human (second Wind)   You've Got Me Hummin'   You've Got Me Hummin' (The Hassles)   You're My Home   You're Only Human (Second Wind)   You've Got Me Hummin'   Youre Only Human   Zanzibar   Zanzibar [Album Version]

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