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© Steve & Kristi Nebel

I had a dream last night
A dream about a world gone mad
Pollution standards were relaxed
There was lots of money to be made
They were talking 'bout building big cars
Logged the forests of the national parks
Slave labour was the order of the day
Said it kept them off of welfare anyway

I didn't like that world
So I thought about a world I'd like
Some people might have had bad thoughts
But it was very very nice
Everyone would wear big floppy shoes
Everyone would wear a big floppy hat
Everybody had a big red nose
Who could be mean in a world like that
In their big roomy pants and their big floppy hats

I had a dream last night
A dream about a world gone mad
Saw a man with his finger on the trigger
Just seeing that made me feel bad
They were sitting 'round a big long table
Everybody there had guns too
They were threatening to shoot each other
If they didn't do the things they said to

I didn't like that world
So I thought about a world I'd like
Some people might have had bad thoughts
But it was very very nice
Everyone would wear big floppy shoes
Everyone would wear a big floppy hat
Everybody had a big red nose
Who could be mean in a world like that
In their big roomy pants and their big floppy hats

I had a dream last night
'bout a world that seemed pretty nice
Everybody had a big red smile
Course it was painted on their face
They were dancing 'round a big green field
There were people from all across the planet
There were people representing every race
Seemed to be a very happy place

I really liked that world
And I didn't have to think twice
There was every skin colour in the world
Everyone was very very nice
Everyone was wearing big floppy shoes
Everyone wore a big floppy hat
Everybody had a big red nose
Who could be mean in a world like that
In their big roomy pants and their big floppy hats

Song Info
We liked this song the first time we saw Steve & Kristi (Bluestone Folk Club 2004) and immediately decided that we'd like to sing it. Somehow it never quite worked out for us, but it stayed in our minds over the years... it wasn't until we bought a Kala U-Bass for Val in 2012 that the arrangement started to fall into place, and we're thrilled to at last have our favourite Steve & Kristi Nebel song in our repertoire.

As with all our covers we haven't tried to slavishly copy the original, and we've taken some liberties with phrasing etc to make it our own, but we think our version retains the elements that make this a classic much-requested favourite whenever Steve & Kristi tour the UK.
 

'Everybody had
a big red smile...'
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