The plan I never had a lot but I had plans They took me down the road to where I am I know now I'd do it all again The dream was always just a step ahead of me Too far to touch but close enough to see There was always somewhere else I had to be The dream, there's nothing more important than the dream Without one nothing matters much it seems It always keeps me goin where the winds of doubts are blowin What always keeps me goin is the dream The song it takes too many years to write the song Where every word is just where it belongs You wonder why on earth it takes so long You shine if only for the very shortest time The latest thing in melody and rhyme And in the end you'd give up your last dime for The dream was always just a step ahead of me Too far to touch but close enough to see There was always somewhere else I had to be The dream, there's nothing more important than the dream Without one nothing matters much it seems It always keeps me goin where the winds of doubts are blowin What always keeps me goin is the dream Oh, it always keeps me goin When the winds of doubt are blowin What always keeps me goin is the dream