Dreaming With My Eyes Open Song Lyrics and Chords by Clay Walker
Dreaming With My Eyes Open
Recorded by Clay Walker
Written by Tony Arata
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I spent half my life on bended knee beggin' somebody to change
And the
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other half prayin' to
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God that they never
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would
And all it got me was twice as lost when it all turned out the same
But
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all that beggin' finally
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did somebody
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good
I used to dream all
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night of a day that was
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gone
But come the morning
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light forever from now
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Gonna do my
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dreaming with my eyes wide
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ope
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n
I'll do my
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looking back
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with my eyes
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closed
We can do some
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livin' or spend our whole life
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hop
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in'
In the end we're
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left with
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the one we
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chose
So I'll do my
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dreaming with my eyes wide
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Every time the world moved on I fell a little further behind
From
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running back or
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following someone
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home
Until I learned that one step forward will take you further on
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thousand back or a
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million that ain't your
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own
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livin' or spend our whole life
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hop
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in'
In the end we're
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left with
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the one we
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chose
So I'll do my
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dreaming with my eyes wide
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Dreaming With My Eyes Open?
- The song Dreaming With My Eyes Open was sang by Clay Walker.
Who is Clay Walker?
- Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. (born August 19, 1969) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die". Both singles were included on his self-titled debut album, released in 1993 via Giant Records. He stayed with the label until its 2001 closure, later recording for Warner Bros. Records, RCA Records Nashville, and Curb Records.
Clay Walker has released a total of eleven studio albums, including a greatest hits package and an album of Christmas music. His first four studio albums all achieved platinum certification in the United States and his greatest hits collection and fifth studio album were each certified gold. He has charted more than thirty singles on Hot Country Songs, of which six have reached number one: "What's It to You", "Live Until I Die", Dreaming with My Eyes Open", "If I Could Make a Living", "This Woman and This Man", and "Rumor Has It".
