B
I want to work to make ideas real, Sometimes far-fetched but I still feel
                             F#
That we could try and maybe they, Would just work out
         B
But you say no, don't even try, I ask but you don't know why
                             F#
You just frown and shoot me down, Yeah, you're so smart 

F#            B   F#                B
Everyone's so cynical, Can't feel a thing, so logical
F#                         B, E , F#    E
Can't make a point, they, Intellectualize everything
F#           B   F#                     B
I believe in naivety, Don't think it's dumb
F#                  E           E, F
Believe in dreams and silly schemes, Still human
F#        B F#          B F#                         E
I wish I was, and not dumb, But I feel myself getting numb...

      B
I gotta dream and you can't say,That it's not right and it's okay
          E             B
To just give up, But you say no, don't even try

I ask you but you don't know why, You just frown and shoot me down
         F#     E
Yeah, you're so smart 

         F#            E
People say so condescending, Your idealism is amusing
             F#             E
But I say being alive is choosing
          B, A, Bb, B (X4)
To not give up