Joan Baez - The Dream Song lyrics

I had a dream I was following a barefoot girl
Beside a stream that flowed around the world
And we spoke of many things
Though her mouth never moved
As the most peculiar scenes
Were disappearing into view

Oh what a dream beyond the realm of why
Pretty little beings beneath the yawning sky
Speaking of God as though they could define
Music to the deaf and color to
The blind or God to man

And then the leaves became a thousand tears
And I was on my knees in
A crazy house of mirrors
I couldn't find my face but
A voice was drawing nearer
Hush baby, sweet baby, hush don't you cry
And I thought I woke and
My mother was standing there
And my heart broke as the ribbons in her hair
Turned into highways surrounded and swirled
Like a crown come down around
A not so perfect world

In the corner of the dream was
The man with the blue guitar
It had no strings but the
Music touched the stars
And his long dark curls turned
To gold before my eyes
And the barefoot girl smiled off to
The side and it was real

Then a thousand birds took flight
With a joyful noise
And I heard the angels up on high rejoice
I could see my face and
I recognized the voice
Hush baby, sweet baby, hush baby hush

It's just a dream
One of those that goes on and on
Scene after scene with the rhythm
Of a gypsy song
When I really woke I was frozen in between
I didn't know who I was
It was a dream inside a dream

It's all a dream oh what a dream
I had a dream