If you try to catch me you'll be the first to know Freedom can be lonely, loneliness makes me think Still I'm riding on my own, been put into a cage So if you try to catch me, I'm already far away I'm far away, I'm far away I am a dream you cannot catch I am your dream, I can never be We fade away when ladybirds get pale We fade away when ladybirds turn gray Not even you can bring life back from death's wife My eyes are tired of trying to stay dry on rainy days I can't read your mind even lips, can you read mine? Can you read mine? Can you read mine? I am a dream you cannot catch I am your dream, I can never be We fade away when ladybirds get pale We fade away when ladybirds turn gray Freckles on the lips seem too much to resist Wondering why they were stuck on my mind I rubbed and scraped day after day just to get them away It struggle me down, now I don't know why My lips are marked with freckles all over My lips are marked with freckles all over, all over I am a dream you cannot catch I am your dream, I can never be We fade away when ladybirds get paid We fade away when ladybirds turn away I am a dream you cannot catch I am your dream, I can never be We fade away when ladybirds get pale We fade away when ladybird turn gray