SAVE ME A DREAM

(Lyrics & Music Paul Williams and Kenneth Lee Ascher)

If dreams are a shadow
Of love, fame and fortune
That adorn the night
Some fade away quickly
And lose all their meaning
In the morning light
Yes some dreams are lifeless
They’re light entertainment
Meaning nothing more
But there are dreams holding promise
And pure inspiration worth waiting for

Save me a dream
As perfect as the night is long
Save me a dream
As secure as your arms
A shelter where we both belong
And our love can bring the stars
Even closer than they seem
Save me a place in your heart
And save me a dream

Some call you crazy
Convinced that you’re lazy
If you dream by day
When we re dreaming, we’re listening
If somebody’s whispering
Who knows what they’ll say
Some find a purpose
A sense of direction
In a wandering mind
If ideas are prizes like children of angels
Who knows what we’ll find

Save me a dream
As perfect as the night is long
Save me a dream
As secure as your arms
A shelter where we both belong
And our love can bring the stars
Even closer than they seem
Save me a place in your heart
And save me a dream

Save me a place in your heart
And save me a dream

Save me a place in your heart
And save me a dream

A Certain Sadness

Astrud Gilberto

Look out the window at that rainstorm
I've let the wind blow up a brainstorm
And now I'm wondering whether weather like this gets you too

It may go on like this for hours
Too late in fall for April showers
So I will court you
Got a thought or two I need to share with you

here goes...

Darling tell me now
have I done wrong somehow
that you won't look at me?

Needn't point it out
can't keep my wits about
when you won't look at me

Is there something I ought to know
you find it hard to say?
Well there's just a trace hiding on your face
& I've learnt it that way

Just another soul that really knows my soul
& you won't look at me
Does that take the prize
how much I love those eyes?
& they won't look at me

Now the rain has gone but something lingers on
a certain sadness here now that the sky is clear

& it's oh so clear
yes it's oh so clear to me now

& I can't help but fear that certain sadness here to stay...

astrud gilberto