DREAM OF LIFE
(Carmen McRae / Luther Henderson)

as recorded by
Billie Holiday & her Orchestra
January 20th 1939 New York


My life was empty when you went away,
Even the blue skies above had turned gray.
But now that you've come back,
My dream of life is here to stay!

Those little quarrels that tore us apart,
Oh gee, I can see they were wrong from the start!
But now that you've come back,
My dream of life is here to stay!

I can't seem to see
Just what you see in me,
I guess love is really blind!
This world seems so grand
Now that you understand,
It's you I adore,
It's you I live for!

Life is sublime now that you're here with me,
Please keep it in rhyme dear and don't stray from me.
For now that you've come back,
My dream of life is here to stay!

I can't seem to see
Just what you see in me,
I guess love is really blind!
This world seems so grand
Now that you understand,
It's you I adore,
It's you I live for!

Life is sublime now that you're here with me,
Please keep it in rhyme dear and don't stray from me.
For now that you've come back,
My dream of life is here to stay!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2016)