Verse 1:
C G Am G
I am giving up one of my dreams today
C G Am G
I found out I can't always get my way
C G Am G
And sometimes a dream isn't worth what you pay
C G Am G
So I'm giving up one of my dreams today
C G Am G
When we are children we look to the sky
C G Am G
We want everything, I'm afraid to ask why
Verse 2:
C G Am G
And I saw the sparkling fish in the sea
C G Am G
I dreamed I would find one who'd swim next to me
C G Am G
And this called love and it's worth every reason
C G Am G
Love is the cool and the warmth in each season
C G Am G
But how does one love and what does one do
C G Am G
When the dream that you have doesn't want to pick you
C G Am G
But oh oh don't cry for me
C G D
It's just one dream less on my shoulder
C G Am G
And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
C G D
Is just a sign I'm getting older
Verse 3:
C G Am G
He was a stoner and I'm like a light
C G Am G
And when he would blaze I'd sing songs by his side
C G Am G
But my dream takes two strong hearts that will fight
C G Am G
And he doesn't dream, he just sleeps at night
C G Am G
But oh oh don't cry for me
C G D
It's just one dream less on my shoulder
C G Am G
And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
C G D
Is just a sign I'm getting older
Verse 4
C G Am G
Oh they say to much smoking will change your taste
C G Am G
Maybe that's why he's kissing some other girls face
C G Am G
But I never dreamed of second place
C G Am G
So I'd rather just quit than continue to race
C G Am G
But oh oh don't cry for me
C G D
It's just one dream less on my shoulder
C G Am G
And oh oh dad says giving up dreams
C G D
Is just a sign I'm getting older
C G Am G
And oh oh I am singing on stage
C G D
But it doesn't mean I know much better
G Am G
Oh oh oh oh, your probably like me
C G Am G
Some days dreaming and some days a quitter
Verse 5
C G Am G
I am giving up one of my dreams today
C G Am G
After I held him and begged him to stay
C G Am G
And after my dream will drown out to a whisper
C G Am G
After I've burnt all the photo booth pictures
Verse 6
C G Am G
And after I erased our names from the sky
C G Am G
Stopped wondering how and asking why
C G Am G
Oh I wish I had words to encourage inspire
C G Am G
But the truth is I'm ripped and I'm sad and I'm tired
C G Am G
I'm a loser in love and an abandoner of dreams
C G Am G
And today I have up the one for him, and me