Lyrics to
Sweet Dreams

This version of Sweet Dreams was released by Yes in 1970.

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Sweet dreams can solve the future,
Sweet dreams provide the past.
Sweet things within your makeup;
These things will always last,
These things will make

Sweet dreams of conversation,
Sweet dreams of love affection.
Sweet words within your makeup;
Sweet words of things to

Come on and write your letter,
You know it will be better anyhow.
You’re gonna laugh again,
You’re gonna smile again,
You’re gonna love again.

Sweet dreams are born inside you,
Sweet dreams are born to last.
Sweet thoughts within your makeup;
These thoughts will always last,
These thoughts will always last.

Come on and write your letter,
You know it will be better anyhow.
You’re gonna laugh again,
You’re gonna smile again,
You’re gonna love again.

Sweet dreams can solve the future,
Sweet dreams provide the past.
Sweet dreams can solve the future,
Sweet dreams provide the past.

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Yes has released many songs over the years besides Sweet Dreams. Yes released songs from 1969 to 2001 spanning across albums like Yes, Time And A Word, The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer, Going For The One, Tormato, Drama, 90125, Big Generator, Union, Talk, Keys To Ascension, Keys To Ascension 2, Open Your Eyes, The Ladder, and Magnification. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Yes.

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About Lyrics and Sweet Dreams by Yes

The lyrics to Sweet Dreams are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Yes in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Sweet Dreams are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Yes and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Sweet Dreams back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Sweet Dreams by Yes in a number of 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 Sweet Dreams" means the words set to the music of Sweet Dreams, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Yes. 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 Sweet Dreams and the lyrics to Sweet Dreams are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Yes who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sweet Dreams, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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