(Mary Chapin Carpenter)



Every heart has got a story

About love holding out a lure

Baby, when you've been that lonely

You just want a cure



Fool you once, you are forgiven

Fool you twice, you're just a fool

You fear the futures all been written

By the past, and what didn't last



All the better to dream of you

The better to be this side of heaven

Believing again when a dream comes true

The better to dream of you



Every story's got a chapter

That chapter will be defined

By what's before and what comes after

This one is mine

Everything that came before us

Wore me out and weighed me down

You raised me up like a gospel chorus

Rock steady on solid ground



The better to dream of you

The better to be this side of heaven

Believing again when some dreams come true

The better to dream of you



Like an old time tent revival I felt my heart come back alive

No preacher baby, no bible, just this love to testify



Oh, the better to dream of you

The better to be this side of heaven

Believing again some dreams come true

The better to dream of you



The better to dream of you

Yeah, stranger things they might have happened

Believing again that dreams come true

The better to dream of you



The better to dream of you

The better to be this side of heaven

Believing again some dreams come true

The better to dream of you