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While I Was Dreamin’

from Orphan Songs by Darryl Gregory

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A song about a life well lived.

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This life of ours
Must have happened
While I was dreaming
During an afternoon nap
On a Sunday in July
My eyes closed for a moment
While I was reading
About some distant war
Or last night’s baseball game

And in this dream I remember
Being married
To the most beautiful girl
In our neighborhood
We said our vows
At the Church of St. Cecilia
And honeymooned at your Uncle’s
Cabin on the Sound

I might have had a job
I don’t remember
I must have kissed you good-bye
A million times or more
I drove along the back roads
To avoid the highway
Then headed home
The exact same way I come

I dreamed of two
Little girls chasing an old dog
In a postage stamp back yard
Running through the sprinkler
You called their names and I turned around
I watched them run through the back door
Through my arms that tried
To hold them in that time

There were Halloweens’
Christmases
Birthdays and 4th of July
Skinned knees and broken hearts
All tumbling by and by
In this dream
In this dream

In this dream I heard music
And it pulled me up to waking
I was on the back porch
And you were singing some
Sweet old song
I couldn’t tell if it was
Dream or it was real
I couldn’t tell if I was dead
Or still Earthly bound

But I do know it was my life
And it made me happy
That we spent this time together you and I
It doesn’t matter if I dreamt
That we were twenty or we were ninety
It’s just dream
Just a sweet dream after all

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from Orphan Songs, track released July 1, 2020

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Darryl Gregory Connecticut

Take a little Mellencamp, throw in some Cash, stir with a dash of Hiatt and flavor with Springsteen & Earle. Sounds Like Darryl Gregory. Heat-n-Eat! mmm good.

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