“A Man Without a Dream”

With the music of life, my soul is out of tune
And I feel like I’m growing old much too soon
My love for you, I just couldn’t convey
And the keys to my happiness, I let slip away

Now I’m a man without a dream
I’ve got a heart that has no home
All my senses are numb
Losing you, I’ve become a man
I’m just a man without a dream

Instead of striving to reach my goals and my aims
I got distracted with mean, endless games
For just an illusion, I traded love that was real
Now my eyes cannot see, and my heart cannot feel

Now I’m a man without a dream
I’ve got a heart that has no hole
All my senses are numb
Losing you, I’ve become a man
I’m just a man without a dream

[break]

Sometimes I think I’m a prisoner of fate
Doomed to find out things a little too late
And so I must play this broken man’s role
Unless you come home, girl
And bring back my soul

’Cause I’m a man without a dream
I’ve got a heart that has no hole
All my senses are numb
Losing you, I’ve become a man
I’m just a man without a dream
Without a dream
Without a dream

  • “Tear Drop City” / “A Man Without a Dream” (1969)

  1. The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the ’60s TV Pop Sensation (2005), Andrew Sandoval, p. 286.
  2. Instant Replay (1995) (CD).