Dream Away — An adult songwriter dreams in a Merced porch hammock as floating roads, theaters, boats, birds and flowering constellations unfold above the orchard

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Dream Away

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A nighttime promise of protection becomes a tender invitation to sleep without carrying the day's worries. The speaker imagines staying beside a loved one until morning, then extends that picture into old age and children gathered close. Dreams offer a shared refuge while love guides them through the longest nights.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Dream Away

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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Dream Away

Tonight
The Moon is on the rise
The Stars up in the skies
And it's time to close your eyes
I
Will be right here next to you
Till the sun comes shining through
You will know my love is true

Bye and bye
Like a faded Valentine
Will you please be mine?
Can you just give me a sign?
Now
Let me hold you close to me
In our sweet reverie
And let love set us free

Dream away the night
Live Another Day
Dream away your troubles
And the worries on your way
Nothing's going to hurt us
On our journey to the light
Dream until tomorrow
Dream away the night

One day
When we are old and gray
And the children come to play
We all join hands and pray
Love
Tenderly shows us the way
Through the longest night and day
Till it's time to dream away

Dream away the night
Live Another Day
Dream away your troubles
And the worries on your way
Nothing's going to hurt us
On our journey to the light
Dream until tomorrow
Dream away the night

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