I Can Dream About You

Album: I Can Dream About You (1984)
Charted: 12 6
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  • No more timing
    Each tear that falls from my eyes
    I'm not hiding
    The remedy to cure this old heart of mine

    I can dream about you
    If I can't hold you tonight
    I can dream about you
    You know how to hold me just right

    I can dream about you
    If I can't hold you tonight
    I can dream about you
    You know how to hold me just right

    Moving sidewalks
    I don't see under my feet
    Climbing up from
    Down here below where the streets sees me lonely for you

    I can dream about you
    If I can't hold you tonight
    I can dream about you
    You know how to hold me just right

    I can dream about you
    I'm gonna press my lips against you and hold you to me
    I can dream about you
    You know you got me spellbound what else can it be

    Moving sidewalks
    I don't see under my feet
    Climbing up from
    The pain in my heart 'cause it's you that I need

    I can dream!
    I can dream!
    Yes, I can dream!

    I don't understand it
    I can't keep my mind off loving you (not even for a minute)
    Ooh, now baby, I'm caught up in the magic I see in you
    There's one thing to do

    I can dream about you
    If I can't hold you tonight
    I can dream about you
    You know how to hold me just right

    I can dream about you
    If I can't hold you tonight
    I can dream about you
    I can dream
    I can dream
    I can dream about you
    I can dream about you
    I can dream about you Writer/s: DAN HARTMAN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 10

  • Hop from HoustonListening to Winston's version right now. I did not know then, having watched the movie. Then listening to the soundtrack not long after. Voices were different, i figured, oh Dan probably sang it a little differently for the movie. Boy was I wrong. Honestly, I like Winston's version better. Dan's is good, but Winston has a little more soul to it.
  • Tony from Boaz, KyIs there a full version with Mr. Winston Ford without the crowd sounds available anywhere?! Specifically the version used in the actual movie?
  • Michael from Denver, CoWinston Ford grew up in Denver with Philip Bailey (Earth Wind and Fire) and was probably one of the best singers that has ever lived. "He could sing circles around me"…Philip Bailey. Winston died in a car accident back in 2007.
  • Dave from Normandy, MoActually, Hartman wrote this song for his friends Hall & Oates. They were not able to record it right away and Hartman used it in Streets of Fire instead. Hall and Oates finally recorded it years later. Listen to it carefully, even if you've never heard the H & O version you can hear Daryl reaching the high notes.
  • Leo from Towson, MdI swear! Joyce Hyser is a dead ringer of a young Natalie Wood in the "I Can Dream About You" video! Anyone agree? God rest your soul Dan.........U r loved, and missed!
  • Mary from Phoenix, AzI heard a rumor when this song came out, that the line "moving sidewalk", was a shoutout to Michael Jackson and his "moonwalk". Don't know if it's true though.
  • Musicmama from New York, NyThe funny thing about this song is that it embodies what I don't like about disco and '80's-era pop music. But I love it! Whatever it lacks in intellect, it makes up for up for in heart. Probably because of Hartman's vocals, I feel the protagonist's loneliness.
  • Eddie from Bayonne, NjI just realisied that the girl in the video for this song was none other than joyce Hyser. You might remember her from the 80's flick "Just One of the Guys".
  • Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI love this song! It was a hit the same time Ghostbusters was a hit.
  • Michael from San Diego, CaThis heartfelt tune was the biggest commercial hit from the "Streets of Fire" soundtrack, which was outstanding and included many great artists.
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