Dreams lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Guess Who
Album: Power In The Music

Lyrics

(B. cummings - d. troiano)

I was lost and tossed on a misty morning by a drunken sailor and the genie in the bottle let me down
I was raised on cain, in the name of the father and the mother and the brother and the other who was never even round
On a windswept coast with the black knight falling I was heard to be calling that my ship and all its crew were going down
As the sun ran slowly by a childhood rivulet a jeweled king summoned me, commanding that I run and tell the town
Saw you, saw me, run quickly now
Run and hide away
Run and hide today

In a room in a castle full of faceless lovers I was cut and bleeding and the image in the mirror struck me down
I was chased and beaten by a well-drilled team of little men breathing colors and abandoned in a coffin in the ground
As a pale young virgin made a meal of a martyr she was hailed as holy by the only ones who stood and held their ground
When a bright mona lisa with the eyes of a tiger read a new proclamation I was stricken from her list and never found
Saw you, saw me, run quickly now
Run and hide away
Run and hide today
Seems they come and go so quickly
Disappear like sunlight in the evening
And they may not ever be explained

Seems like they come and go so quickly
Disappearin' in the air like a breath of wind
And they may not ever be explained
And I woke up thinkin' I was dyin'
If you find one hang on with all you got
Way down deep, deep in your soul
For it may not ever come again
And I woke up crying like a baby
Hey yay yay yay..
No they may not ever be explained