I Can Dream About You

Dan Hartman

No more timing
Each tear that falls from my eyes
I'm not hiding
The remedy to cure this old heart of mine

I can dream about you
If I can't hold you tonight
I can dream about you
You know how to hold me just right

I can dream about you
If I can't hold you tonight
I can dream about you
You know how to hold me just right

Moving sidewalks
I don't see under my feet
Climbing up from
Down here below where the streets sees me lonely for you

I can dream about you
If I can't hold you tonight
I can dream about you
You know how to hold me just right

I can dream about you
I'm gonna press my lips against you and hold you to me
I can dream about you
You know you got me spellbound what else can it be

Moving sidewalks
I don't see under my feet
Climbing up from
The pain in my heart 'cause it's you that I need

I can dream!
I can dream!
Yes, I can dream!

I don't understand it
I can't keep my mind off loving you (not even for a minute)
Ooh, now baby, I'm caught up in the magic I see in you
There's one thing to do

I can dream about you
If I can't hold you tonight
I can dream about you
You know how to hold me just right

I can dream about you
If I can't hold you tonight
I can dream about you
I can dream
I can dream
I can dream about you
I can dream about you
I can dream about you


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    wasnt this by streets of fire?

    absent124on July 26, 2005   Link
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    a little late to respond, but no, it is in the movie streets of fire, but not by a band called streets of fire

    fastfingerzon August 06, 2007   Link
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    dan hartman was a one-man band...played all the instruments and sang all the vocal parts himself, produced the music, the whole nine yards. i would hear this song on the radio from time to time when i was growing up. really, it's the only song of his i've ever heard, and i think one of the only hits he ever had on his own. there's something about it that's always haunted me, and it's hard to put my finger on just what it is...i guess a lot of people would dismiss it as a typical 80s pop song trying to emulate the motown sound, but there's just something about it that grabs me, even now, years later. maybe it's a sense of longing. something deeper lurking beneath the glossy surface. maybe it's the octave vocals..."mo...ving...sidewalks. i don't see under my feet." whatever it is, i dig it.

    bonepaperon June 06, 2008   Link
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    this song is a hit. my dad use to come up and sing to me when i was little right before i would go to sleep. he would always be drunk coming home from the bar and he would sing this song to me and strangers in the night. Whenever i hear this song, usually when I'm out at a bar, I always think back to my childhood and how my dad probably was going through his mid age crisis and going out all the time drinking and how he just wanted to be young again and was looking for someone when he was out and how the music set the mood. So, whenever I'm out and I hear this song, I feel the magic.

    Laurenxx6on June 11, 2009   Link
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    No more timing Each tear that falls from my eyes I'm not hiding The remedy to cure this old heart of mine

    I can dream about you If I can't hold you tonight I can dream about you You know how to hold me just right I can dream about you If I can't hold you tonight I can dream about you You know how to hold me just right

    Moving sidewalks I don't see under my feet Climbing up from Down here below where the street sees me lonely for you Oh

    I can dream about you If I can't hold you tonight I can dream about you You know how to hold me just right (I can dream about you) I'm gonna press my lips against you and hold you to me (I can dream about you) You know you got me spellbound, what else can it be?

    Moving sidewalks I don't see under my feet Climbing up from The pain in my heart 'cause it's you that I need

    I can dream Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh-I can dream Yes I can dream Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

    I don't understand it I can't keep my mind off loving you (Not even for a moment) Ooh now baby I'm caught up in the magic I see in you There's one thing to do

    I can dream about you If I can't hold you tonight I can dream about you You know how to hold me just right Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh I can dream about you If I can't hold you tonight I can dream about you Ooh, I can dream, I can dream

    I can dream about you Oh, I can dream about you Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh I can dream about you...

    [FADE]

    DBR96Aon July 22, 2010   Link

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