Lyrics for Dream Café

Copyright © 1992 Brown/Feldman Publishing
  1. "Just by Myself"
  2. "Sleeper"
  3. "I Don't Know That Guy"
  4. "So Hard"
  5. "You Can Watch Me"
  6. "Dream Café"
  7. "You Drive Me Crazy"
  8. "Spring Wind"
  9. "Nice When It Rains"
  10. "Laughing River"
  11. "No Place Away"
  12. "I Don't Want to Be the One"

"Just by Myself"

I'll walk around some ancient city, write in my notebook, and drink my tea. Don't have to make love, 'cause love made me, and I'll be happy just by myself. Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay. I'll make my supper 'bout ten oclock, and watch the moon rise above my block, and go to bed in just my socks, and I'll be happy just by myself. Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay. And I'll go fishin'-- get with the flow. I know a river in Idaho. I'll catch a big trout and let him go, and I'll be happy just by myself. Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay. Love never made a-- a fool of me. I always was one as you could see. I can't be good, so I'll be free. Ummm, and I'll be happy just by myself. Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay. I'll fold the laundry, just like I please. And put the sheets on, just like I please. And in my dreams, find sweet release. Ummm, and I'll be happy just by myself. Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay. Happy, oh-oh-oh. Happy, hey-ay-ay-ay-ay.

"Sleeper"

It's another happy April to every happy fool. And you move through my dreams like a trout moves through a pool. Sure I will do anything, but I blush at the reverie. Sleeper come and go with me. And she always was a painter and she left me her suitcase, and I still remember the soft lines of her drunken face, as she stood there in my doorway, like a cat up in a tree. Sleeper come and go with me. A small farm in Wisconsin for a driftless man, supper on the table, and a lover's tender hands, though she leaves my salt and woodsmoke, for a job in the city. Sleeper come and go with me. I will take you with my children, through the clover, to the creek, when Orion's gone a hunting through the fields our wishes seek, where we all can love each other like sugar in our tea. Sleeper come and go with me. Well the last wild fling is over and a cold wind brings the dawn, to rows of parking meters and the shadow of a blond, who is standing by the wild rye in a pointless dream. Sleeper come and go with me. [repeat first verse]

"I Don't Know That Guy"

Me, I'm happy-go-lucky-- always ready to grin. I ain't afraid of loving you-- ain't fascinated with sin. So who's this fellow in my shoes-- making you cry? I don't know that guy. Who took my suitcase? Who stole my guitar? And where's my sense of humor? What am I doin' in this bar? This man who's been drinking, and giving you the eye-- I don't know that guy. Hey! I've heard him complainin', 'bout piddly little stuff. I've watched him do nothin', and say he can't get enough. He'll blame his Momma and Daddy, for the world passin' by. And I don't know that guy. There's rain across Kansas, there's a roadside hotel, there's a man and a woman, and things are going well. So why is he leavin', without so much as goodbye? I don't know that guy. Why can't he come out with it? Why can't he laugh it off? Why can't he be a fool like me? Why can't he be soft? Why does he run from his lover? Why doesn't he cry? I don't know that guy. 'cause - [repeat first verse]

"So Hard"

Why is it so hard? Why is it so hard? Why is it so hard? Why is it so hard, to love, love, really love somebody, love somebody? You can talk about it. You can talk about it. Sit up all night, and talk about it. Yeah but it's so hard, it's so hard, to love somebody, love somebody. And it's so easy, it's so easy, it's just so easy, to do the goat dance. Yeah, but it's so hard, it's so hard, to love somebody, really love somebody. Papa rock the baby. Mama rock the baby. Hold the little baby, make him happy little baby. Maybe then it won't be so hard, to love somebody, love somebody. Oh it's so hard. Why it is so hard? Why is it so hard, to love, really love, really love somebody, love somebody. Ummm. It's so hard. Hard. Why is it so hard? Why is it so hard? Why?

"You Can Watch Me"

You can watch me-- you can watch me in my bed. You can watch me-- you can watch me my bed. Ah, but you will never know, what goes around in my head. You can watch me-- You can watch me in my sleep. You can watch me-- you can watch me in my sleep. Ah, but you will never know, what I have got down deep. You can watch me, when I'm naked as a jay. You can watch me, when I'm naked as a jay. Ah, but you will never know, what I will never say. You can watch me, when I'm laid out cold and dead. You can watch me, when I'm laid out cold and dead. You say, "I wonder, what went 'round in that fellow's head".

"Dream Cafe"

You were the woman in the blue mask, standin there beside your dress. All the things I wanted from you, I never could express. I thought I saw you once in Munich, but you slipped away. I'm in the corner with the coffee at The Dream Cafe. For once I didn't say anything stupid-- my lover never once looked bored. And soldiers come in smeared with lipstick, like the last day of war. The band divided up the money, but the drummer could not stay. He said he's gonna meet us later, at The Dream Cafe. When you turned from the window, in your worn out slip, put your eyes to my fingers, while the ceiling dripped, I just could not leave you. I heard a motorcycle pull away. Yes, I'll meet you after midnight, at The Dream Cafe. There's flowers now on Linn Street, and the new moon just above. They tore down all the houses, where we used to make love. But, they'd been long abondoned, when we went there, anyway. And I can still smell the lilacs, in the corner of The Dream Cafe. We we've only been fighting ten years-- do you really have to go? Couldn't you reconsider, and do it real, real slow? I like living with you-- I don't care what you say. I don't care who you meet, at The Dream Cafe. Your eyes roll back to midnight-- lost in a fantasy. I heard you cry out someone's name, and baby it was me. But later as we're walkin', you seemed so far away. Am I the man you thought you met, at The Dream Cafe? I've come down with a sickness-- I thought you were the cure. But passion seems to promise more, than friendship can endure. You spelled it out in black and white-- my eyes saw shades of gray, and, so I sit alone tonight, at The Dream Cafe. Heat lightning in the mirror, and the thunder cries out loud. I can be to you-- you could be to me, just another face in the crowd. The plane don't leave 'til midnight-- come with me today. They'll be plenty of time to be alone, at The Dream Cafe.

You Drive Me Crazy

Hello darlin'. I been gone for awhile. Come on in and see me, I ain't wearin' nothin' but a smile. Just when we should be kissin', seems like we fuss and fight. You say you don't know why, and I say I don't know why. [chorus:] You drive me crazy, with all the things you do and do not do. Umm, I love you so much, I'm gonna drive you crazy too. Well like that mythological goon, pushing the stone up the hill, if we don't get over pretty soon, I don't think we ever will. [repeat chorus] Is it the way you look right past me, with your hands upon your hips? Is it the little twinkle in your eye, or the snear upon your lips? [repeat chorus] You shoulda married someone, a whole lot more like you-- drink coffee in the little cafes, and you could go out shopping too. I shoulda married someone, who likes to camp and fish, and make love for two days straight, And you say, "don't you wish". [repeat chorus] I love to sit beside you, when the storm is past, and we don't know what happened but there's sweet peace at last. We'll be alright for awhile, and someday we'll be free, and even if we both still look puzzled let your face be the last one I see. [repeat chorus]

"Spring Wind"

I lived awhile without you, darn near half my life. I no longer see our unborn children, born to you my unwed wife. But yesterday I had a vision, beneath the tree where we once talked, of an old couple burning their love letters so their children won't be shocked. [chorus:] Love calls like the wild birds-- it's another day. A Spring wind blew my list of things to do...away. My friends are gettin older, so I guess I must be too. Without their loving kindness, I don't know what I'd do. Oh the wine bottle's half empty-- the money's all spent. And we're a cross between our parents and hippies in a tent. [repeat chorus] In a mucked up lovely river, I cast my little fly. I look at that river and smell it and it makes me wanna cry. Oh to clean our dirty planet, now there's a noble wish, and I'm puttin my shoulder to the wheel 'cause I wanna catch some fish. [repeat chorus] Children go to sleep now-- you know it's gettin' late. I know you don't like to miss nothin' and school ain't that great. Oh, I'll dance with you when you're happy, and hold you when you're sad, and hope you know how glad I am, just to be you're Dad. [repeat chorus] Darlin' it's been a hard go but I think we'll be okay. I know I say that all the time like everything else I say. Oh, I've been gone so often, but every time I miss you, and I don't really know nothin', Except I like to kiss you. [repeat chorus]

"Nice When It Rains"

Oh it's nice when it rains, and were apart. It's nice when it rains. You're in my heart-- with all my joys and pains and it's nice when it rains. Oh it's nice when it rains. life is sad. It ain't all good, but it ain't all bad. And you're the best that I ever had, and it's nice when it rains. Oh it's nice when it rains, and I'm thinking of you. I get so happy and I get so blue. And I don't know what we're gonna do, and it's nice when it rains.

"Laughing River"

I'm goin away, 'cause I gotta busted heart. I'm leavin' today, if my TravelAll will start. And I recken where I'm headed, I might need me different clothes-- way up in Michigan, where the Laughing River flows. Twenty years in the minor leagues-- ain't no place I didn't go. Well I gotta few hits, but I never made the show. And I could hang on for a few years, doin what I've done before. I wanna hear the Laughing River, flowin' right outside my door. My cousin Ray, said he's got a job for me. Where the houses are cheap, and he knows this nice lady. He said she even saw me play once, said she smiled at my name. Well upon the Laughing River, could be a whole new game. So goodbye to the bus. Good bye to payin' dues. Goodbye to the cheers, and goodbye to the booze. well I'm trading in this old bat, for a fishing pole. I'm gonna let the Laughing River, flow right into my soul. [repeat first verse]

"No Place Away"

Words like notes, are strokes along the thigh-- a long slow seduction, on an Autumn night-- when Autumn, was still Autumn. Wait a minute now, everybody just hold it. Let's think about this. Whoa, whoa now. Ain't there no place away? And I tryed to hide-- live there like I used to. But the sadness sent me, letters every day, sayin' there's-- there's no place away. Tell me where the hope lies, to bear the world, to bear the destruction, in which we all participate. Tell me where the hope lies, to bear the world, to bear the destruction, in which we all participate. Oh I wanna hear-- words like notes, are strokes along the thigh-- a long slow seduction, on an Autumn night-- when Autumn, was still Autumn. Pour me out some hot tea, and build up the fire. We'll sit here and listen, to the ancient choir, singin', singin', singin', singin', hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

"I Don't Want to Be the One"

I don't wanna be the one, to make you worry, oh no. I don't wanna be the one, to make you cry. I just wanna be the one, to see you happy, oh yeah, even if I gotta be the one, to say goodbye. Oh well, darling, I don't wanna be the one, to keep you from living, oh no. And I don't wanna be the one, who seems all wrong. I just wanna be the one, to see you loving, and giving, Ohhh, even if I gotta be the one, to say so long. You know it's a big world, and it's a short life, and time will slip away, whether we're crying, or were laughing, but I'd sure like to see you smile, today. Oh well, darling now-- I don't wanna be the one, who asks for too much. Oh no. I don't wanna be the one, to make you blue. I just wanna be the one, with the right touch. Oh yeah. Well, even if I gotta be the one to say tootle do. Tootle do, tootle do baby. I don't wanna be the one to say tootle do, my darling. No, I don't want to be the one to say it. Tootle do now. I don't wanna be the one. No, I don't wanna be the one. Transcribed by ReginAnne@aol.com.