Song Description
Uplifting ballad about dreams. Entered for American Idol songwriting contest.
| Song Length |
3:58 |
Genre |
Pop - General, Pop - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful |
Subject |
Dreams |
| Similar Artists |
Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Because I Was Dreaming
lyrics by Judy Glickstein
music by Matt Glickstein
On winter days when I was five
I'd pull a chair up to my window
Dark and cold, the world was bleak
And yet I was so warm inside
I didn't see the snow, or hear that north wind blow
By this window I would stay
Til all my pain would melt away
Chorus:
Because I was dreaming,
I was dreaming of a chance to sing
I was dreaming that one day I'd be
Gleaming like the bright, brave sun
But never did I know or see
How powerful that dream would be
That someday I'd come so far
That someday I might be a star
When clouds filled up the clear blue sky
When summer flowers paled and died
When all the nights seemed dark and long
I still knew that I was born to sing
And I knew if I could share the song
That burned within my heart
The clouds would lift, the veil would part.
Chorus:
Because I was dreaming,
I was dreaming of a chance to sing
I was dreaming that one day I'd be
Gleaming like the bright, brave sun
But never did I know or see
How powerful that dream would be
That someday I'd come so far
That someday I might be a star
Bridge:
There's a secret that I want to share
It's the secret that got me where
I really want to be
I asked and I received
All I had to do was believe
Just believe, just believe
Chorus:
Because I was dreaming,
I was dreaming of a chance to sing
I was dreaming that one day I'd be
Gleaming like the bright, brave sun
But never did I know or see
How powerful that dream would be
That someday I'd come so far
That someday I might be a star