Story Behind The Song
This is a song about unrequited love, loneliness, and being left behind.
| Song Length |
5:44 |
Genre |
Blues - Chicago, Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Buddy Guy |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
It Only Hurts When I Dream - Remix (by Tony DiPofi)
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It only hurts -- when I dream
and in that moment, just before dawn
just before the birds start to sing
when I realize that you're gone
It only hurts when I dream
and in that moment, just before dawn
Last night I had a dream, baby
That I was wandering down some lonely street
I saw you in the distance and ran to you
but you just turned and walked away from me
It only hurts -- when I dream
and in that moment just before dawn
Last night I drank some whiskey, baby
just trying to get a little help from Mr. Jim Beam
but he only made me swagger
and stagger down broken streets in my dream
It only hurts -- when I dream
and in that moment, just before dawn
I go to work baby and I do the things
that a man has to do
my friends ask me if I feel alright
and how I'm doin without you
I tell em
It only hurts -- when I dream
and in that moment just before dawn
just before the birds start to sing
when I reach for you and you are gone