[Verse]
G C G C
He says, "I'm just a man, I work with my hands
G C G C
But lately no work has been around
D G
I wish that I could put more on the table
C G C D
Provide the life I'm sure my family dreams about"
C D G
"But there's cracks in all the walls and all the windows
C D G
And the flies, they find their way in through the screen
C D G
I just pray that hope will go on living
C D/F# G
In this house of a thousand dreams"
[Verse]
G C
She says, "my husband's a good man
G C
Gives all that he can
G C G C
I know he thinks he's let me down
D C G
I just want him and the children to be happy
C G C D
It's not always easy, but it's all I dream about"
[Chorus]
C D G
"So I'll find some yard-sale curtains for the windows
C D G
And I'll sew some yellow trim along the seams
C D G
And I'll keep praying hope will go on living
C D/F# G
In this house of a thousand dreams"
[Verse]
G C
The boy says, "my daddy's a strong man
G C
My momma, she loves him
G C G
And they love my brother and sister and me
D C G
Sometimes at night we lay out in the backyard
C G C D
And take turns wishing on the first star we see"
[Chorus]
C D G
"And the crickets always sing outside the windows
C D G
And I love to feel the wind blow through the screen
C D G
And I sure hope that we can live forever
C D/F# G
In this house of a thousand dreams"
C D G
"Yeah I sure hope that we can live forever
C D/F# G
In this house of a thousand dreams"