Lyrics to
Scenes From A Night’s Dream

This version of Scenes From A Night’S Dream was released by Genesis in 1978.

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Little Nemo rubbed his eyes and got out of bed,
trying hard to piece together a broken dream.
His visions lifelike and full of imagination
it’s strange to think they came from such a tiny head.

Dragons breathing fire, but friendly.
Mushrooms tall as houses.
Giant Nymphs and goblins playing,
scenes from a night’s dream, poor Little Nemo!

Eating all kinds of food so close to bedtime
they always made him have these nightmares, it seemed.

Helped young Washington in the garden,
cut the cherry tree down.
Now we all know that’s not history,
scenes from a night’s dream, poor Little Nemo!

“Nemo, get out of bed!”
“Don’t tell me stories, I don’t want to know!”
“Come on you sleepy head, we’re waiting to go!”

Once he went to the ‘Carnival of Nations’
dancing with the princess through the night.

Found themselves on a moving platform
ten ton weights above them,
seeking audience with King Morpheus.
Scenes from a night’s dream, poor little Nemo!

“Nemo, get out of bed!”
“Don’t tell me stories, I don’t want to know!”
“Come on you sleepy head, we’re waiting to go!”

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About Lyrics and Scenes From A Night’S Dream by Genesis

The lyrics for Scenes From A Night’S Dream are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Genesis. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Scenes From A Night’S Dream 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 Scenes From A Night’S Dream - Genesis 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 Scenes From A Night’S Dream by Genesis 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 Scenes From A Night’S Dream" means the words set to the music of Scenes From A Night’S Dream, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Genesis. 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 Scenes From A Night’S Dream and the lyrics to Scenes From A Night’S Dream are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Genesis who came here looking just for the lyrics to Scenes From A Night’S Dream, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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