I DREAM TOO MUCH
Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields 1935

Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Lily Pons


[boy]
Stars fade out of the skies
Just to rest in her eyes,
Her step is like a slender daffodil swaying,
Her voice is like a muted violin playing,
The light will bloom and quite dispel the gloom
On sight of her who can charmingly grace a room.
You cannot guess what loveliness belongs to you,
If you would dance, we'd have a chance to share it too.

[girl]
I am not gay enough
To share a waltz,
Tonight I boast one of my most unhappy faults.

I dream too much, but if I dream too much
I can only dream to touch your heart again.
I close my eyes to see your hand,
Your smile, your joy in loving me.

We dance and sing, we steal a touch of spring,
I dream of everything we two have known,
And yet my dreams have shown
Perhaps I dream too much alone.
(Hums) Um-m-m - m
Perhaps I dream too much alone.

Contributed by Carlene Bogle