I grew up the daughter of a working man A mile from the textile mill I saw the years callous my father's hands To see his dreams fulfill He wanted to give us more than The future he never had Now it's strange to think How far I've come From the mill where it all began Everybody's got a dream Above the noise of the factory Everybody's got a dream My father said to me The time it does go slowly But it's more than thread I weave Everybody's got a dream Keeping time with the big machine I went back to see the old place again The said the mill shut down last June Father wasn't here to see me But his dream for us came true The spinning wheels no longer turned But the wire was cast for life He taught me something I could only learn Looking in my father's eyes Everybody's got a dream Above the noise of the factory Everybody's got a dream My father said to me The time it does go slowly But it's more than thread I weave Everybody's got a dream Keeping time with the big machine Everybody's got a dream Keeping time with the big machine Everybody's got a dream Everybody's got a dream