Dreaming While You Sleep

Album: We Can't Dance (1991)
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Songfacts®:

  • In this song, the narrator is driving at night while tired, and in a moment of inattention, he hits a young lady who's just stepped off the street. Instead of staying, he leaves the scene of the crime. The man then visits the woman, who's now in a coma, at the hospital and hopes she'll wake up someday. >>>
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    Mike - West Frankfort, IL

Comments: 2

  • J.r. from Columbia, ScOops. I think I missunderstood the above statement. Sorry about that
  • J.r. from Columbia, ScNot all of the time. A friend of mine suffers from bipolar and he is never violent.
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