I Dreamed I Dream

Sonic Youth

[kim]
Look before you leap, okay?
Do you read me?
May all your dreams come true
He's standing by the door
He's got something in his hands
All the money's gone
All the money's gone
The days we spend, go on and on
Shift
Fucking youth
Working youth
May all your dreams come true

A lot of people suffer
From impotence
All the money's gone
The days we spend go on and on
Fucking youth
Working youth
Fucking youth
Working youth
Fucking youth
Fucking youth
Working youth


[lee]
You slept
Did I drift?
Do I dream?
Do you read me?
I'm not speaking
Do you read me?
I dream

I dream

Sound today are you sound today
Are you sound today?
Sound today are you sound today
Are you sound today?
Today
These things don't happen
Automatically
I dream
Edith moves each step
Fucking youth
The days we spent go on and on
I dream
Do you read me?



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I Dreamed I Dream Lyrics as written by Lee M. Ranaldo Kim A. Godron

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    i think this song is incredible! it has that gorgeous, scratchy almost cold atmosphere to it, & the combination of kim's and lee's voices blew me away the first time i heard it. definitely about bored, unappreciated, insubordinate youth. love it.

    meg;on June 22, 2008   Link

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