Lyrics to
Caught In A Dream

This version of Caught In A Dream was released by Alice Cooper in 1971.

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Well I’m runnin’ through the world with a gun in my back tryin’ to catch a ride in a cadillac
Thought that I was livin’ but you can’t really tell been tryin’ to get away from that success smell
You know I need a houseboat and I need a plane I need a butler and a trip to Spain
I need everything the world owes me I tell that to myself and I agree
I’m caught in a dream so what you don’t know what I’m goin’ through
I’m right in between so I’ll I’ll just play along with you
Well I’m runnin’ through the world with a gun in my back tryin’ to catch a ride in that cadillac
Thought I was livin’ but you can’t never tell what I thought was heaven turned out to be hell
Whoa whoa when you see me with a smile on my face
Whoa whoa then you’ll know I’m a mental case whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
I’m caught in a dream so what I don’t know what I’m going through
I’m right in between so I’ll I’ll just play along with you
Whoa whoa ooh ooh ooh aah aah aah aah oo oo oo oo oo oo

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About Lyrics and Caught In A Dream by Alice Cooper

The lyrics for Caught In A Dream are defined as the words making up the song released by Alice Cooper in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Caught In A Dream have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Alice Cooper and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Caught In A Dream by Alice Cooper if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Caught In A Dream" means the words set to the music of Caught In A Dream, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Caught In A Dream and the lyrics to Caught In A Dream are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Caught In A Dream, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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