Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had And I know that I'll never go back To the Christmas colored neighborhood As thoughtful as a card With a plastic baby Jesus in the yard And it was all, and it was nothing at all. What we didn't know, we didn't think to ask And the world was just a globe we used in class Where the gym teacher was always mad And as far as we could tell He only exercised his right to yell As the kings of boredom we ruled as we knew how Or at least as long as our curfews would allow Couple skates, lovesick songs in moments without pause As Johnny Cougar amplified our cause And it was all, and it was nothing at all. And it was all, and it was nothing at all. We were the great believers That dreams came with stars And freedom just depended on the car Until one day the sky fell in and freedom lost control And ran off the road and hit a pole And it was all, and it was nothing at all. And it was all, and it was nothing at all. And it was all, and it was nothing at all. And it was all, and it was nothing at all. Beneath the snow lies a dream that I once had