Chase Those Dreams Down

This song started as “Cody’s Couch.” The Stillhouse Junkies had entered the band contest at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and were staying in the house we had rented for the long weekend. All the bedrooms were taken by the annual family festivarians so what was left was floor space and one couch. At some point the first night, someone said “Cody gets the couch!” The comment stuck with me and I wrote it down in my songwriting journal on the “possible stories” page. Two years later, this song finally started to show up with the original version including a lyric about Cody getting the couch.

After an initial version about the band’s early years, the pandemic showed up and grounded the band. Another year passed by, the band was back on the road and this new version is now in place. Cody has a partner now and the reference to the couch was replaced by the story of pandemic realities and what it takes to chase a dream down. The narrator is Dad and his observation of the band’s journey.

• Chase Those Dreams Down Lyrics

  Every night another town
  Every hall its own sound
  Every stop a new story
  Every gig looking for glory
  Woke up to pandemic days
  Overnight empty highways
  
  Chorus
  Ass on the line
  Wheels on the ground
  Doin’ what you gotta do
  To chase those dreams down
  
  Suddenly sheltered in place
  Netflix turtle puzzle empty space
  Record dead in its tracks
  Lost track of the facts
  Only comfort to be seen
  Even Springstein home watching a TV screen
  
  Chorus
  
  Bridge 1
  Passion promising
  Momentum dreams
  All of your routines
  To chase what dreams bring
  
  House concerts lawns driveways
  Streaming shows both night and day
  Facemasks finally go away
  CDC says its okay
  Back on the road again
  Testing in the van for antigens
  

  Chorus
  
  Bridge 2
  Red Bull, Bourbon, Belgium Dark,
  Doin’ what you do
  To chase your dreams down
  
  
  © Geoff Wolf 2021