[First part spoken]
And in a moment, it was over
We were left with what we might have been
And what we had become

Aw, time after time
You can read the signs
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
And if someone has a light
You'd better shine it every night
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
With our hearts and our dreams on the line

There are soldiers in the cold
Whose spirits have been sold
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
And there's nowhere left to run
When the children all have guns
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
Yeah, with our hearts and our dreams on the line

And have you heard the news?
There's nothing left to lose
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
And you won't feel the sting
'Til you hear the angel's wings
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
Yeah, with our hearts and our dreams, well, they're on the line
With our hearts and our dreams on the line
With our hearts and our dreams on the line

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WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Lindsey's guitar is highlighted in this song. It sounds very nice. As for the words themselves, you can see by the cover of the album who they're about. John Stewart was very active in Kennedy's campaign and, of course, was distraught when he was assassinated. His disillusionment in the wake of that event is evident in the song.

There are references to the Vietnam War also, which he obviously didn't support. It is also interesting to contrast this song and the earlier, similarly titled Heart of the Dream off of Bombs Away Dream Babies. The similarity in titles calls attentions to the very different attitudes of each song. Heart of the Dream revels in the promise of America - he even refers to America as "the promised land" in that song. Then you have this song, which is full of despair at the state of the country. Personally, I find the song very affecting, and I wasn't even alive at the time Kennedy died.