Beauty Of A Dream Lyrics

The beauty of a dream is you don't let it go

Once in a while a girl comes along
And opens you your heart like a spam tin
Just how long can it take; the bough bends, the bough breaks
Then when it's time to return the key
She'll flash you a smile as she slams the door
But you didn't have to do that to me
To show me just how cruel love could be
And cruel's a show I kinda starred in before
Listen...

These things take time to reach ground zero
Change hits so hard, and the world turns so slow
These things take time, and next time you'll know
That the beauty of a dream is you don't let it go
You don't ever let it go

Now how come a hand as gentle as yours
Could soften a hard nut like this one
It's a marvel to me the way you wrap my heart up completely
Wherever I roam I can't seem to find
As decent a love as the one I left behind
Keep it slow, though, for me girl
I never thought I'd sink in this deep
Oh, darling, I'm sinking like a bug in a peach
But listen...

These things take time to reach ground zero
Change hurts so good that the world screams hello!
These things take time but this time I know
That the beauty of a dream is you don't let it go
You don't ever let it go (3X)

And I believe in the promises I made you
And I mean to keep 'em over and over again
BOOM! There's a cannon for the first twenty years
BOOM! There's a cannon for the next

It's a marvel to me, I never thought I'd sink in this deep
Oh darling, I'm sinking like a frog on a leaf

Thomas Dolby - Astronauts & Heretics

Nov 1992

1. I Love You Goodbye
2. Cruel - Thomas Dolby w/ Eddi Reader
3. Silk Pyjamas
4. I Live In A Suitcase
5. Eastern Bloc (Sequel to Europa And The Pirate Twins, 1981)
6. Close But No Cigar
7. That's Why People Fall In Love
8. Neon Sisters
9. Beauty Of A Dream