Some Place Far Away Lyrics - Hal Ketchum

My daddy brought home a photograph from the paper yesterday 

It showed a line of wagons movin' some place far away 

That picture made my daddy smile, it made my momma cry 

Seems that daddy's wagon load of dreams had long since passed her by 

Oh, the dream that makes the sparrow fly can make an eagle fall 

And one that makes the rich man money, it ain't no dream at all 

It's a cryin' shame to wake up just to find it's all been broke in two 

Careful what you're dreamin' 'cause it some day may come true 

He talked on all through supper time 'bout the good prospector's life 

Couldn't see momma didn't wanna be no good prospector's wife 

He said, "We best sell out and go before the weather turns too cold 

And maybe buy ourselves an extra horse to carry all that gold" 

Oh, the dream that makes the sparrow fly can make an eagle fall 

And one that makes the rich man money, it ain't no dream at all 

It's a cryin' shame to wake up just to find it's all been broke in two 

Careful what you're dreamin' 'cause it some day may come true 

I got up as soon as the first light came to start the mornin' fire 

Wonderin' if my momma's will had cooled that man's desire 

Inside the stove upon the coals, an ashen paper lay 

It was a ghostly line of wagons movin' some place far away 

And the dream that makes the sparrow fly can make an eagle fall 

The one that makes the rich man money, it ain't no dream at all 

It's a cryin' shame to wake up just to find it's all been broke in two 

Careful what you're dreamin' 'cause it some day may come true 

Oh, be careful what you're dreamin' 'cause it some day may come true