Dreaming

[Loudon Wainwright III]

Norma Waterson sang Loudon Wainwright III’s song Dreaming in 1999 on her second solo album The Very Thought of You. A live recording from the Union Chapel in November 2010 was released in the following year on the DVD and CD The Gift Band Live on Tour.

Lyrics

Norma Waterson sings Dreaming

I’d rather be dreaming than living
Living’s just too hard to do
It’s chances not choices
Noises not voices
A day’s just a thing to get through
Living’s just too hard to do

I’d rather be dreaming than talking
There’s nothing to hear or to say
With ears covered, mouth closed
The world is opposed
Nothing gets in either away
There’s nothing to hear or to say

I’d rather be dreaming than thinking
Thoughts are small comfort to me
Dreams might be pretend
But at least dreams end
And I just can’t stop thinking, you see
Thoughts are small comfort to me

I’d rather be dreaming than sleeping
Sleeping you’re just as well dead
But in dreams I can fly
In dreams I don’t die
That’s why I lie here in this bed
Sleeping you’re just as well dead