Lyrics to
Dream Gerrard

This version of Dream Gerrard was released by Traffic in 1974.

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And it’s a fact, you are cold, they react, dream Gerrard
Hippos don’t wear hats, lobsters shriek if provoked
On long blue ribbons
That he may see while he sleeps
Monsieur Old Neddy, he wears spectacles in bed
That he may see dreams more clearly
The night, it will be black, and white raven croaking
I am thirsty, die, they won’t let it be
They think it should be done with reality
I scream from a skull. Fritz, bring your wigwam
They won’t let it be
They think it should be done with reality, with reality
They won’t let it be
They think it should be done with reality, with reality

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About Lyrics and Dream Gerrard by Traffic

The lyrics for Dream Gerrard are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Traffic. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Dream Gerrard have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Dream Gerrard - Traffic and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Dream Gerrard by Traffic in multiple ways. 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 Dream Gerrard" means the words set to the music of Dream Gerrard, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Traffic. 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 Dream Gerrard and the lyrics to Dream Gerrard are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Traffic who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dream Gerrard, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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