Jennifer Davids
Something Else`s Dream
Her momma's still got that sequin gown 
That she wore in '68 
She taught her early how to smile that smile 
And wave from the parade 
It took a whole lot of years and tears 
For her mama to finally admit 
No matter how many stitches and pins 
That old dress was never gonna fit 
She was daddy's little girl, momma's little angel 
Teacher's pet, pageant queen, she said 
"All my life, I've been pleasin' everyone but me, 
Wakin' up in someone else's dream." 
Her daddy used to say 
"You'll make a lovely bride someday! 
He'll ride up on big white horse and just carry you away!" 
It took twenty-five years and some broken vows 
Before they'd finally see 
That there's a little more to love and life 
Than fairy tales and handed down dreams 
She was daddy's little girl, momma's little angel 
Teacher's pet, pageant queen, she said 
"All my life, I've been pleasin' everyone but me, 
Wakin' up in someone else's dream." 
Now she's got twenty-seven candles on her cake 
And she means to make her life her own 
Before there's twenty-eight 
She was daddy's little girl, momma's little angel 
Teacher's pet, pageant queen, she said 
"All my life, I've been pleasin' everyone but me, 
Wakin' up in someone else" 
She was daddy's little girl, momma's little angel 
Teacher's pet, pageant queen, she said 
"All my life, I've been pleasin' everyone but me, 
Wakin' up in someone else's, someone else's dream"
From Paroles Mania