Thomas Dolby - The Beauty Of A Dream lyrics

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The beauty of a dream is you don't let it go,

You don't ever let it go.

Once in a while a girl comes along

And opens your heart like a spam tin

Just how long can it take?

A bow bends, a bow breaks

And then when its time to return the key

She'll flash you a smile as she slams the door

But you didn't have to do that to me

To show me just how cruel love could be

And cruel's a show I kinda starred in before.

Listen: these things take time to reach ground zero

Change hits so HARD and the world turns so slow

These things take time and next time you'll know

But the beauty of a dream is you don't let it go,

You don't ever let it go.

Now how come a hand as gentle as yours

Could soften a hard nut like this one?

It's a marvel to me

The way you wrapped my heart up completely

Whenever I roam I can't seem to find

As decent a love as the one I left behind

Keep it slow, though, for me girl

I never thought I'd sink in this deep

Oh darling, I'm sinking like a bug in a peach.

Listen: these things take time to reach ground zero

Change hurts so good and the world screams hello

These things take time but this time I know

But the beauty of a dream is you don't let it go,

You don't ever let it go.

You don't ever let it go.

We won't ever let it go.

And I believe in the promises I made you

And I mean to keep them over and over and over again

Boom! there's a cannon for the first twenty years

Boom! there's a cannon for the next.

It's a marvel to me

I never thought I'd sink in this deep

Oh darling, I'm sinking like a frog on a leaf