Kelly Clarkson
I Had a Dream lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:59
If you wanna lead, be a leader
If you wanna dream, be a dreamer
Climb to the top of that mountain and scream it
But remember when you get to the top
Everything you say is gonna matter
Everything you do is gonna add up
It's what you asked for
So don't get mad when it's not what you thought
Careful now, girl, with them Jezebel ways
Crown on your head, but you're queen of clichés
Little one playing with the big boys now
Hope you're ready when it comes back around
I had a dream that we were more
A generation to behold
Lighting fires with our words
Instead of useless smoke that blurs
The lines of right and wrong
Expression that lives on
An army with a song
That lingers when we're gone
I had a dream
If you wanna preach, be a preacher
If you wanna teach, be a teacher
Remember that the footprints you're leaving
Will tell us all who you really are
It's too bad you can't see what you're worth
Spreading your legs 'stead of using your words
Character is shown by the things that we do
The one thing you're never gonna hide is the truth
'Cause anyone can sell when they're selling out
And anyone can fly when they're falling down
I had a dream that we were more
A generation to behold
Lighting fires with our words
Instead of useless smoke that blurs
The lines of right and wrong
Expression that lives on
An army with a song
That lingers when we're gone
I had a dream
I had a dream
I had a dream that we were more
(I had a dream that we were)
A generation to behold
(To behold)
Lighting fires with our words
(Lighting fires with our words)
Instead of useless smoke that blurs
The lines of right and wrong
Expression that lives on (lives on)
An army with a song
That lingers when we're gone
(When we're gone)
I had a dream
I had a dream
I had a dream
I had a dream
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Key vocabulary
- wanna
- want to
- words
- spoken or written termsA1
- wrong
- not correct; incorrectA1
- smoke
- visible gas from burningA2
- leader
- person who guides othersA2
- when
- at what timeB1
- everything
- all thingsA1
- don't
- do notA1
- girl
- female childA1
- head
- part you have on topA1
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About this song
Kelly Clarkson is an American singer known for pop, country, and R&B. She rose to fame as the first winner of American Idol in 2002 and is recognized for her versatile, powerhouse vocals and a string of major hits such as “Since U Been Gone” and “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).”