"Chair Dreams"

C. Steven Blue performs "Chair Dreams" @ Eugene Public Library - 10/18/2014

From the books:
S.O.S. ~ Songs Of Sobriety ~ A Personal Journey Of Recovery
and
WORDSONGS-3, Recovery

"Chair Dreams"

Picture—
a hopeless drug addict,
isolated in his loneliness,
sitting in a chair, starin’ out his window
dreaming about a world
he cannot participate in,
wishing he could find a way out,
crying in his lonely desperation...
 
this is called... "Chair Dreams."
 
Sitting in my chair
Starin' out my window
Dreaming about all the things
I'm gonna do... and see... and be
 
You're gonna love me
And it's going to be the best love ever
If I can just get out of this chair
And get it together
 
Chair dreams
Take me here and there
Chair dreams
Take me everywhere
Chair dreams
Seem so crystal clear
     For a moment
But then they're gone... again
And it's just another chair dream
 
I know I was gonna have
A hit song
And a house in the country
Sit in a rocker on my front porch
With endless inspiration
 
I know I was gonna paint
My masterpiece
And write a prize-winning novel
And I remember it
Sometimes when I'm high enough
 
But I just can't seem
To get out of this chair
Can't seem to get motivated
To go anywhere
 
And my dream slips away
To the back of my mind
'Till another day
When the right combination finds
My chair dreams
 
Chair dreams
Take me here and there
Chair dreams
Take me everywhere
Chair dreams
Seem so crystal clear
     For a moment
But then they're gone... again
It's just another chair dream
 
Sittin’ in my chair
Starin’ out the window
Dreamin’ ‘bout all the things...
I’m gonna be
You're gonna love me
And it's going to be the best love ever
If I can just get out of this chair
And get it together
 
Yes, chair dreams
Take me here and there
My chair dreams
They take me everywhere
My chair dreams
Seem so crystal clear
     For a moment
But then they're gone... again
It's just another chair dream
 
Chair dreams
Take me here and there
Chair dreams
Take me everywhere
 
Chair dreams
            —Take me outta here
 
Chair dreams
Seem so crystal clear
     For a moment
But then I'm gone again
 
—It's just another chair dream
 
            © C. Steven Blue 4/28/1991