Golden streets 
have turned to gray, 
I wish that i could get away 

But there aint nowhere to go 
'cept this long tough road 
i hoe i look ahead 
for better times 
happiness no longer
somehow i will forge ahead 
to the future that i dread 

[Chorus:] 
Dread! Dread! 
to the future that i dread 
who'll be there 
to pick me up 
when im down and out of luck 
lying down there 
on the ground 
feeling so restrained and bound 

must break free 
of this rope 
live within 
a glimpse of hope 
somehow i will go ahead 
to the future that i dread