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I Can Dream About You Lyrics
No more timing each tear that falls from my eyes
I'm not hiding the remedy to cure this old heart of mine
CHORUS:
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
Rising up from down here below where the streets see
me lonely for you.
CHORUS
I don't understand it
I can't keep my mind off loving you
Ooo, now baby, I'm caught up in the magic I see in you
There's one thing to do
CHORUS
Moving sidewalks, I don't see under my feet
Rising up from the pain in my heart, cause it's you
that I need
CHORUS
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
Rising up from down here below where the streets see
me lonely for you.
I can't keep my mind off loving you
Ooo, now baby, I'm caught up in the magic I see in you
There's one thing to do
Rising up from the pain in my heart, cause it's you
that I need
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wasnt this by streets of fire?
a little late to respond, but no, it is in the movie streets of fire, but not by a band called streets of fire
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.
I agree. I love it when his voice gets husky during that part of the song, as if he has strong feelings that he's trying to hold back.
I agree. I love it when his voice gets husky during that part of the song, as if he has strong feelings that he's trying to hold back.
That "sense of longing, something deeper" and the "strong feelings he's trying to hold back" may have something to do with Hartman having been a closeted gay man who kept his HIV status a secret right up until his death due to AIDS -- a context which makes this and many if his other songs extra heartbreaking and poignant.
That "sense of longing, something deeper" and the "strong feelings he's trying to hold back" may have something to do with Hartman having been a closeted gay man who kept his HIV status a secret right up until his death due to AIDS -- a context which makes this and many if his other songs extra heartbreaking and poignant.
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.
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...
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