Lyrics to
Yesterday Dreams

This version of Yesterday Dreams was released by Bonnie Tyler in 1978.

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Lonely summer needing rain, standing quietly going insane
Said, “I love you”, you never heard a word
Memories that still cause pain, I lost the feeling I can’t explain
Still I need you, don’t that seem absurd?
Shattered dreams in my heart, always gonna tear us apart
Making it so hard to start all over again

Yesterday dreams, yesterday dreams
Here they are coming again, Yeah

Fading pictures in my mind, another place, another time
It’s the same old song, just another melody
Don’t ask me ’cause I don’t want to say
He’s the reason that keeps me away
I won’t go through it again, but you don’t even see what I mean
Shattered dreams in my heart, always gonna tear us apart
Making it so hard to start all over again

Yesterday dreams, yesterday dreams
Here they are coming again

I don’t want to lie awake with you at night and wonder why
Looking at your hurting eyes and asking me if it’s all a lie
Perfect pattern of part-time love
Always aware we’re gonna make it above
What I lost before taking us both nowhere

What you’re askin’ I can’t give, pick up the pieces that’ll let you live
And don’t ever look back ’cause I won’t even be there
Shattered dreams in my heart, always gonna tear us apart
Making it so hard to start all over again

Yesterday dreams, yesterday dreams, here they are coming again
Yesterday dreams, yesterday dreams, here they are coming again
Yesterday dreams, yesterday dreams, here they are coming again

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Bonnie Tyler has released many songs over the years besides Yesterday Dreams. Bonnie Tyler released songs from 1977 to 2005 spanning across albums like The World Starts Tonight, Natural Force (a.k.a. It's A Heartache), Diamond Cut, Goodbye To The Island, Faster Than The Speed Of Night, Secret Dreams And Forbidden Fire, Hide Your Heart (a.k.a. Notes From America), Bitterblue, Angel Heart, Silhouette In Red, Free Spirit, All In One Voice, Heart Strings (a.k.a. Heart & Soul), Simply Believe, and Wings. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Tyler.

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About Lyrics and Yesterday Dreams by Bonnie Tyler

The lyrics to Yesterday Dreams are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bonnie Tyler in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Yesterday Dreams are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bonnie Tyler and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Yesterday 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 Yesterday Dreams by Bonnie Tyler 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 Yesterday Dreams" means the words set to the music of Yesterday Dreams, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Tyler. 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 Yesterday Dreams and the lyrics to Yesterday Dreams are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Tyler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Yesterday Dreams, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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