Life Is Always a Dream

I was just a little girl with a backpack full of dreams,

Walking through those school halls, life ain't what it seemed.

Divorce papers on the table, watched a family rearrange,

New house, new faces, learning how to live with change.

Had a stepfamily, had to find where I belonged,

Smiling in the pictures while the world kept moving on.

Wanted to be a teacher, put some hope inside their eyes,

Tell a kid they're worth the world when they feel left behind.

Funny how the years go by,

We chase a thousand different skies.

Every time I thought I knew,

Life gave me another view.

Oh, life is always a dream,

Nothing's ever quite what it seems.

We grow, we fall, we change our minds,

Leave a thousand little dreams behind.

And I don't know where I'm gonna be,

But love's the one thing I'll always need.

Through every storm and everything,

I'm still that little girl with dreams.

Then I watched my grandpa leave this world behind,

Saw how fragile life could be for the very first time.

Wanted to wear scrubs, help somebody breathe,

Be the hands that bring some comfort when a family grieves.

Traded classroom dreams for hospital lights,

Wanted to save somebody else's world that night.

But growing up taught me something I couldn't see,

Sometimes who you wanna be ain't who you're meant to be.

Now I'm lacing Army boots before the morning sun,

Never thought this little girl would become who I've become.

Got a family that I love, got a home inside my heart,

Still collecting all the pieces from the places I've been scarred.

I don't have a perfect answer, don't know where I'll land,

Still got dreams that keep on changing, still got different plans.

But I learned it ain't the title or the uniform you wear,

It's the people that you love and the love you choose to share.

Maybe I won't be a teacher,

Maybe I'll still heal someday.

Maybe every dream I carried

Was just guiding me this way.

And if I could hold that little girl,

I'd tell her, "Baby, don't you fear,

You don't have to know your future,

Just keep the ones you love near."

Oh, life is always a dream,

We're more than everything we've seen.

From broken homes to brand-new starts,

Every dream still lives inside my heart.

I don't need to know who I'll become,

As long as I've got people I can love.

Through every loss and everything,

I'm still that little girl with dreams.

I wanted to teach the world,

Then I wanted to heal its pain.

Now I wear these Army boots,

And somehow, I'm still finding my way.

Maybe dreams were never meant to stay the same,

Maybe growing means becoming someone new.

And if there's one thing life has taught me...

It's not about what you dream of being.

It's about who you love while your dreams come true.