Well, Yeah… not all dreams are what you hope for. (Artist unknown - to me).

 
 

i hope i dream

Have you noticed how you can visit old friends - alive or passed - in your dreams. It can be as fulfilling as your mind can create. In fact, we often wish for such visits. So, this song - despite the odds as my analytical mind has determined. Sigh!

 

 I Hope I Dream

Em       C          F#m7    Dm
Gbdim7 Gm7     C  Cm   D

Maybe I haven’t seen you in a long, long time 
And we haven’t shared enough laughter and tears 
But to me, you’re as alive as you were
The last time that I saw you before all these years

You know I love you and think of you often
I love to believe I will see you again
I would be as happy as I’ve ever been
The anticipation is strong but then…

I remember you only when I’m awake, it seems
When I am asleep, I don’t miss you at all
Unless I see you in my dreams
Without dreams, I’m just a carcass where I fall

        G                           Bm
The day will come when all life is drained from me
       C                            D7
A day that will be the last I am ever seen
G                      G7
I have a wish that be granted if you please 
C       Cm    D              D
After I die, I hope I dream. 

Instrumental Verse

Perhaps such a wish can never be
The end of me may be the end of you  
If that is the way it is, know this of me
A lot of my love is love just for you 

So when the day comes that life is drained from me
The day that will be the last I am ever seen
I desperately hope this wish was granted to me 
C        Cm   D              D               Em
After I die, I hope I dream.