Lyrics to
Dreams

This version of Dreams was released by Bill Withers in 1976.

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Staring at shadows
Calling them faces
Characters in the stories in your mind
They only live in your imagination
And dreams, I say dreams
Are good as the real thing sometimes

Take a look at your hero
Try changing places
You might discover that you’re two of a kind
Think of your “hoss” coming in at the races
And dreams I say dreams
Are as good as the real thing sometimes

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About Lyrics and Dreams by Bill Withers

The lyrics to Dreams are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bill Withers used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Dreams have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bill Withers and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Dreams by Bill Withers. 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 Dreams" means the words set to the music of Dreams, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bill Withers. 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 Dreams and the lyrics to Dreams are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bill Withers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dreams, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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