She laid down in clover Clouds rolling by like a marshmallow parade Gone dreaming, angel with a dirty face The wildest flower the good Lord ever made Well her teachers called her problem child Her parents never understood Silently she held her breath She knew one day that she would be Dreaming out loud Free to fly high and proud She's living for the day When she'll hear the people back home say "Hey, look at her now" Dreamin' out loud Look at her now She left home, one summer Flying toward the bright lights of a city far away Now she's singing like a neon nightingale In every road house and honky tonk caberet Through all the noise, the come on lines The guitars ringing in her ears She takes the stage and for one more night The world around her disappears They used to say girl come back to reality But she'd smile and say it's too quiet there for me Dreaming out loud Free to fly high and proud She's living for the day When she'll hear the people back home say "Hey, look at her now" Dreamin' out loud Look at her now