The Dream

Lyrics

[NELLIE] Ooh, oh, ee-oh [FLOYD] Oh, oh, oh, oh-ee-oh [NELLIE] Ee-oh [FLOYD] Ee-oh [NELLIE] Ooh [FLOYD] Ah [NELLIE] No-ee [FLOYD] Ooh-ee-ooh [NELLIE] Ooh [FLOYD] Ooh-ee-ooh [NELLIE] Ooh [FLOYD] Ooh-ee-ooh [NELLIE & FLOYD] Oh (Ooh), oh (Ooh), oh (Ooh), oh (Ooh), oh (Oh-ee-oh) [FLOYD] Is it, is it really you? [NELLIE] Floyd! [FLOYD] Is it, is it really happenin'? [NELLIE] Yes! [FLOYD] I declare, I declare, I declare I never saw such beauty as my sister girl [NELLIE] No sir! [FLOYD] Can it, can it really be true? [NELLIE] Yes sir! [FLOYD] Like a, like a miracle Finally on my feet again [NELLIE] Circlin', circlin', circlin' around You got the luck [FLOYD] We both got the luck [NELLIE] Us two, we got it [FLOYD] Right here! [NELLIE & FLOYD] Circlin' (I got ya) Circlin' (Ah) [NELLIE & FLOYD] Welcome home [FLOYD, spoken] I done missed you, Nell Worried after you at the asylum [NELLIE, spoken] But you was right there aside me, Floyd Just like I been with you [NELLIE] Some people go place to place Some people go underground Some gotta go crazy like I just journey in And that is where I've been We all go somewhere And that's how we get along If folks just don't understand it Why, that ain't nothin' wrong You and me, we follow a sound That is whistlin' around in the air Since Mama's gone, we heard it callin' And it's kinda restful When you see that you're not alone We're finally together Here in the unknown We're always wanderin' and wantin' to know Why we are what we are We always have the whistlin' question And there ain't an answer but only the askin' forever [HOMER, spoken] Ah-oogah, ah-oogah! [HOMER] Time to go [FLOYD, spoken] Where're we goin'? [HOMER] Y'all hop in my shiny automobile [FLOYD, spoken] Hot damn, she's a beauty-beaut [HOMER] 'Cause you gotta be there for your openin' day [FLOYD, spoken] What openin' day? [NELLIE] We moved the rocks [FLOYD, spoken] We did? [HOMER] And made some trails [NELLIE & HOMER] And smoothed the floors And built the stairs [FLOYD, spoken] Hot damn, you must've worked like dogs! [NELLIE & HOMER] And set up some big signs out on the road [NELLIE] There's a ticket office [HOMER] And a curio shop [NELLIE, HOMER & FLOYD] And refreshment stand, open seven days a week [HOMER & FLOYD] At the Great Sand Cave! [NELLIE, HOMER & FLOYD vocalize.] [CROWD] The Great Sand Cave! [CROWD, spoken] Floyd Collins! [NELLIE & CROWD, FLOYD & HOMER] The Great Sand (Da da dicky dicky da) Cave! (Da da dicky dicky da, da da dicky dicky da) The greatest caver ever known! (Da da dicky dicky da) [CROWD, FLOYD, HOMER, NELLIE & MISS JANE] The Great Sand (Da da da da) [CROWD, FLOYD, NELLIE & MISS JANE, MILLER & HOMER] Cave! (Da da) (Da da da da, da da da, da da da da da da) (Da da) (Da da da, da da da da da) [CROWD, spoken] Floyd Collins! [CROWD, FLOYD, NELLIE & MISS JANE, MILLER & HOMER] The Great Sand (Da da da da) Cave! (Da da da da da) (Da da da da, da da da, da da da da da da) (Da da) (Da da da, da da da) [CROWD, spoken] The greatest caver ever known! [COMPANY vocalizes.] [NELLIE & FLOYD, HOMER & MISS JANE, LEE] No more plowin' a hardscrabble field (No more plowin' a) (My) I just knew it (Hardscrabble field) (Boy!) I knew we was lucky (I just knew it, I) (My) [FLOYD, HOMER & MISS JANE, LEE] Papa (Knew we was lucky) (Boy!) [NELLIE, FLOYD, spoken, HOMER] Lucky, Papa (Listen to this!) (Papa) Ya gotta hear this! [MISS JANE & LEE, NELLIE, FLOYD & HOMER] My boy! (Papa) [FLOYD] No-yo do-ee-oh [MEN & LEE, spoken] The greatest caver ever known The greatest caver ever known (No, son) Buried with his treasure (You're still trapped) Buried with his treasure [MEN & FLOYD] Buried with his treasure (No, Pa) [FLOYD] What ya talkin'? I'm free now It's all over [FLOYD & CROWD] This has got to be (Ah) [FLOYD, NELLIE, HOMER & MILLER, CROWD] No, Nellie (Da da dacky dicky da) (Ah) What's happenin'? (Da da dacky dicky dicka) Pull me (Floyd), hold on to me (Da da dacky dicky da) Let go (Hold on to me) Floyd (Da da dacky dicky dicka) Let go (Nellie?) You have to (Da da dacky dicky da) (Ah) Let go (No!) (Da da dacky dicky dicka) You have to let go, Floyd (Ah) Ooh You have to let go (Oh, oh) Ee-oh (Oh, oh) Oh (Ah) [FLOYD, spoken] Let go