Rookie Dreaming

[Verse 1]
I was singin' with the choir on the train
I was a traveling man, I did not yet have a name
I was a 1960s movie, I was a one-night love story
I was a 'you will never see me again'

I was movin' too fast to see
All the paintings in Paris or the sunrise in Barcelona
I was too broke, too shallow to dive deep
Too busy carrying the weight of everything

[Chorus]
Young with nowhere to be
But you can't get far for free
This ain't no rookie dreaming
This ain't no rookie dreaming

[Verse 2]
I was on the hunt for visions out of reach
All those daydreamin' mornings
All the wishful goodnight thinking
I have steered through every dark alley
In hopes of a light at the end that I could see

[Chorus]
Young with nowhere to be
But you can't get far for free
This ain't no rookie dreaming
This ain't no rookie dreaming

[Verse 3]
I am sitting all alone on this train
I am a passenger to somewhere I do not yet know the name
I am a 1960s movie, I am an unwritten story
I am a 'when will I see you again?'