Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had And I know that I'll never go back To the Christmas colored neighborhood as thoughtful as a card With a plastic baby Jesus in the yard (Chorus) It was all and it was nothing at all It was all and it was nothing at all What we didn't know we didn't think to ask The world was just a globe they used in class Where the gym teacher was always mad and as far as we could tell He only exercised his right to yell (Chorus) As the kings of boredom we ruled as we knew how Or at least as long as our curfews would allow Couple skates, love-sick songs, in moments without pause As Johnny Cougar amplified our cause (Chorus) We were the great believers that dreams came with stars And freedom just depended on the car Until one day the sky fell in and freedom lost control And ran off the road and hit a pole (Chorus) Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had