Lyrics to
Livin’ In A Dream

This version of Livin’ In A Dream was released by The Band in 1977.

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I’m gonna buy buy buy you a sheepskin coat
I’m gonna string red rubies ’round your throat
Gently down the stream I will row your boat

‘Cause you know we’re only livin’ in a dream.

I’m gonna play play play this game for keeps
I’m gonna wake you softly from your sleep
With a heart so warm and a love so deep
You know we’re only livin’ in a dream.

Life goes round like a wheel
You never know if it’s real
Time rolls by like a train
Let it burn, turn up the flame

We gonna live live live and never stop
Gonna give give give my very best shot
‘Cause what I need is what you got
And you know we’re only livin’ in a dream

I’m gonna take take take good care of you
We’re gonna make sweet love the whole night through
I’m gonna turn your cloudy sky into blue
‘Cause you know we’re only livin’ in a dream.

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About Lyrics and Livin’ In A Dream by The Band

The lyrics to Livin’ In A Dream are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Band used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Livin’ In A Dream have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Band 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 Livin’ In A Dream by The Band. 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 Livin’ In A Dream" means the words set to the music of Livin’ In A Dream, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. 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 Livin’ In A Dream and the lyrics to Livin’ In A Dream are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Livin’ 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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