AFRAID TO DREAM (Connee Boswell)
Harry Revel (m) Mack Gordon (l)  1937

as rec by Connee Boswell w Ben Pollack & his Orch  
Aug 23rd 1937 Los Angeles


Afraid to dream,
Afraid that you might not be there,
Afraid to dream,
Without you life would seem so bare!
With open arms I call to you,
I want you, dear;
Just as I reach for you,
Why do you disappear?

Afraid to dream
I'll see you there with someone new,
Afraid to find
Another one caressing you.
Although you promised me
That this could never be,
It's the thought of you
That makes me so afraid to dream.

Here we are,
Two silhouettes in the blue.
Here we are,
Bidding the stardust anew.
Soon you'll be lost in the glory of dreams,
Yes my lovely one, strange as it seems.

I'm afraid to dream,
Afraid you won't be there,
Afraid to dream,
Without you life would seem so bare!
With open arms I call to you,
I want you, dear;
Just as I reach for you,
Why do you disappear?

Afraid to dream
I'll see you there with someone new,
Afraid to find
Another one caressing you.
Although you promised me
That this could never be,
It's the thought of you
That makes me afraid to dream.




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2012)