lirik lagu the kinks - only a dream (live at the royal albert hall, 1993)
[intro]
this is a song from the new album
it’s a song about loneliness in the big city, particularly in new york
and it’s about man who goes to the elevator every day, goes to work
and uh, one day he sees a beautiful girl emerge as the elevator opens
and she says, all she says is, “hiya, handsome”
and it changes his whole life, it’s called “only a dream”
[verse 1]
standing by the elevator, feeling gloomy and down
waiting for the flashing light to lift me up from the ground
then the elevator opened and i saw her standing there
she had to be a young executive, she looked so corporate and clean
and i thought i’d seen her somewhere before, on the cover of a magazine
i didn’t think she’d even look at me or bother to glance my way
but she actually smiled at me and said, “hiya handsome, have a good day”
[chorus]
i must be dreaming if she looks at me
i gotta be dreaming, is it reality?
now i’ve got positive emotions
buzzing ’round every molecule in me
i gotta be dreaming, is it reality?
over and over, i rerun that memory
was it real or only a dream?
[post~chorus]
la~la~la~la~la~la~la, la~la~la~la~la~la~la
la~la~la~la~la~la~la, la~la~la~la~la~la~la
or was it my imagination playing tricks on me?
when she looked my way
maybe she took me for somebody else
whatever it was, it made my day
i wake up in the morning, smiling with antic~p~tion
suddenly i feel alive, face the world with expectation
i must be dreaming, this is a smile upon my face
i gotta be dreaming, the world is a better place
was my only imagination playing tricks on me?
was it real or only a dream?
i see a great big sunset where only clouds used to be
was it only an illusion
it was fantasy, it was just a dream
still enough for me, yeah
[verse 2]
standing by the elevator, feeling optimistic and keen
waiting for my executive goddess to appear as if in a dream
then the elevator opened, she was talking to another guy
and i tried to say h~llo to her, but i failed to even catch her eye
then everybody crowded inside and i sadly stood my ground
thinking life’s just like that elevator, it takes you up and brings you down
[chorus]
i might be dreaming if she looks at me
i must be dreaming, is it reality?
now i’ve got positive emotions
buzzing ’round every molecule in me
i gotta be dreaming, is it reality?
over and over, i rerun that memory
was it real or only a dream?
[outro]
la~la~la~la~la~la~la, la~la~la~la~la~la~la
la~la~la~la~la~la~la, la~la~la~la~la~la~la
was it only an illusion?
was it real or only a dream?
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