"Maggie's Dream" is a song written by

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and Lisa Silver, and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in September 1984 as the second single from the album ''

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''. The song reached number 11 on the ''

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chart. It was covered by

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on the 2017 Williams tribute album ''Gentle Giants: The Music of Don Williams''.

Content

The song is about a waitress named Maggie, who has been single her entire life. On the surface, she seems content in her job as a truckstop waitress, having made many friendships with the truck drivers that have been customers through the years. Deep down she is lonely, having never had a true love, and dreams one day of becoming a wife and traveling beyond the mountains around Asheville (which an omniscient observer notes "she's never seen the other side), and takes solace in playing sad songs on the jukebox.

Chart performance

References

1984 singles Don Williams songs Trisha Yearwood songs Songs written by Dave Loggins Song recordings produced by Garth Fundis MCA Records singles 1984 songs Songs written by Lisa Silver {{1984-country-song-stub