When I Stop Dreaming (2007) lyrics

[Intro: Charlie Louvin, Backing singer]
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop loving you

[Verse 1: Charlie Louvin, Louvin & Backing singer]
The worst I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever thought I wanted to die
Was the night when you told me you loved someone else
And asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop wanting you

[Verse 2: Elvis Costello, Costello & Backing singer]
And me like a flower unwanted in spring
Alone and neglected, transplanted in vain
To the garden of sadness where its petals will fall
In the shadow of undying pain
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop thinking of you

[Verse 3: Charlie Louvin, Louvin & Backing singer]
You can teach all the flowers to bloom in snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You can teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop crying for you