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I had these words around for a while before the melody came to me one day, and it turned out to be a waltz! I always loved the words, and the melody that came to me just fit so perfectly. My daughter and I do this with our ukuleles with a little harmony. It’s very catchy. I hope somebody picks up on this and records a nice version because it’s one of my favorites. I put a lot of literary technique into the lyrics. They’re very visual. We actually started recording this for Volume 1 but it got bumped when I wrote a new song that I had to put on that album, I think it was "The First Time Again." So we had the tempo map and I think we even used the lead vocal we recorded for Volume 1 but we created a new music arrangement with Band-In-A-Box and then my daughter, Vanessa, added a perfect flute solo which made the song sound great. It's a waltz, there are two songs with a waltz rhythm on this, the other one is "This Bed's For Sleeping Tonight." This song has some of my favorite lyrics, it's loaded with alliteration and it’s very visual. I love the line “on the soft summer sand with the wind in our hair, at sunset we sit by the sea.” And I love the idea of a dreamer who is looking forward to going to sleep.

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This Is My Dream
(Bill Naughton, Jr.)
c 2015 Biliolga Music (ASCAP)

I’m a dreamer, and lately I’ve caught myself dreaming of you,
You were playing the part of the prettiest girl that I knew,
And then without warning, I woke up and smiled at the wall,
I knew it was you, so I’m really not dreaming at all...

I’m a pauper, and you are a princess in search of a king,
I thought you were somebody’s girl but you don’t wear his ring,
So if you’re not busy, I’ll see you tonight in my dreams,
Since you’ve been around, I look forward to going to sleep...

-chorus –
On the soft summer sand, with the wind in our hair,
At sunset we sit by the sea,
You’re holding my hand, you tell me you care,
I’m a dreamer and this is my dream, this is my dream …

-flute solo-
-repeat chorus and first verse-

I’m a dreamer and lately I’ve caught myself dreaming of you...

credits

from Songwriter, Volume 2 (15 songs), released February 19, 2016
Bill Naughton, Jr.: acoustic guitar, ukulele, vocals
Vanessa Naughton: flute solo
Michael Arafeh: programming from Band-In-A-Box
Michael Arafeh: recording engineer and producer

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Bill Naughton, Jr. East Hampton, Connecticut

Songwriter Bill Naughton, Jr. is a former Nashville radio disc jockey - WSIX and WSM-FM - with two15 track albums of studio demos released to showcase his original material for recording artists, producers and label A&R reps in an effort to get his songs cut by other singers. All 30 tracks, produced by Michael Arafeh at the Coffeehouse in Middletown CT, can be downloaded FREE here on Bandcamp.com. ... more

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