[Verse 1] [M] I was ten with a map in my hand [F] Big dreams lined up like a marching band [M] Crossed that bridge like I owned the sky [F] Mama said, keep your head up high [M] Corner store glow on my lunchroom page [F] I wrote my name on the edge of the page [M] Wanted more than the bus route line [F] Wanted my footprints in the painted signs [Pre-Chorus] [M] We ran through the summer rain [F] Counting cents and counting trains [M] Saying one day, one day [F] We gon’ move, we gon’ stay [Chorus] [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] Hold me close in city dreams [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] We were young in city dreams (M) City dreams (F) City dreams [Verse 2] [F] Now the block got scars in the brick [M] Same old bench, but the crowd grew thick [F] Old friends talk through the diner steam [M] Laugh like they still believe in dreams [F] Neon rain on a cracked-up lane [M] Same sweet ache, same name, same train [F] I still see us in the window light [M] Two young hearts with a borrowed night [Pre-Chorus] [M] We ran through the summer rain [F] Counting cents and counting trains [M] Saying one day, one day [F] We gon’ move, we gon’ stay [Chorus] [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] Hold me close in city dreams [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] We were young in city dreams (M) City dreams (F) City dreams [Bridge] [M] If the towers fade, if the paint peels down [F] I still hear our names in this heavy ground [M] We came with nothing but a beat-up plan [F] Now the whole wide block knows who we am [Final Chorus] [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] Hold me close in city dreams [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] We were young in city dreams [M] City dreams, city dreams [F] Still alive in city dreams (M) City dreams (F) City dreams