When the night falls…
I lie down to rest…
When day breaks, I remember dreaming of the best…
The thought is so strong that it puts aches in my
chest…
… but yet…
I have no regrets…
of…
Dreaming of Tokyo…
Long days of study and work all pay off when I come
back home…
… no I’m not alone…
… with my drink and my phone…
… people think I’m crazy because I like being on my
own…
… yet they don’t know what sends chills to my bones…
When I feel like a drone…
I just lie in tone…
… with the birds that groan…
… perched a top of my stone…
… house that’s in a zone…
… where I’m free to roam…
… and free to Dream of Tokyo…
It’s as if God spent a little more time on Tokyo…
… Tokyo was my escape…
… even though the thought made me beat my chest
like an ape…
… I lie in my bed and drape…
… all thoughts of a days scrape…
… and fall under the cape…
… of Tokyo…
… yet in my mind my hands can’t seem to touch or
go…
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… go, or flow…
… with the fast pace of Tokyo…
… try & be a man, don’t let the emotions show…
… for this is just a dream…
… wait until you’re physically in the presence…
… God this is my life’s blessin’…
… why do I keep second-guessin’…???
… myself… I’ve been dreaming of that day…
… when my heart’s aches and pains will all go away…
… when the constant want to touch won’t weigh…
… such a…
… heavy burden…
… for I will demolish this iron curtain…
… and embrace Tokyo like I should…
… with Tokyo, there is NO could…
… days and nights are magnificent, more than good…
… me & Tokyo stand as tall as a beam of wood…
… yes it’s understood…
… that my dreams are like hoods…
… protecting me from the fear…
… of standing here…
… with my dear…
.. Tokyo…
I love her, and I love dreaming of her…
The day I first saw you, I, I…
… speechless in disarray…
… my dreams will never go away…
… my mind is like a cave…
… that night before we first met I prayed…
… prayed that my heart would behave…
… because dreaming of you all this time made me feel
like a slave…
… as I said the iron curtain is the grave…
… I’m here to be the brave…
… 1…
… in my dreams I seem to run…
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Dreaming Of Tokyo, continued
… away…
… and away…
… and away from you…
… but now my eyes are glued…
… on you…
… and now I know…
… that Tokyo…
… is my one & only love…
… my dreams of you push & they shove…
… until now…
… we’re finally here…
… and now that it’s clear…
… I stand here & cheer…
… from the mere…
… sight of my Tokyo…
… I’m happy that our “love clocks” aren’t running
slow…
…The alarm just rang…
I wake…
… my legs and feet touch the floor down below…
… and then I realize I’m still Dreaming of Tokyo…

by Faheem Johnson ’10