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Funky Boo and I starting working together a number of years ago on his solo project
funkyboonutz.bandcamp.com

and his band Wigum
wigum.bandcamp.com

One of the first tracks he showed me was a song called Dreams. He had some really cool chord changes for a verse and he did this 'dddreeeeaaammmsss' thing with a high falseto that I thought was great.

the chorus got real jazzy and he wasn't really feeling the lyrics he wrote, but right from the start I could hear the potential for something really catchy within the idea.

The song fell on the back burner and we moved on.

Recently, we were sifting thru some of the old ideas and I remembered Dreams. Remembering the vision of the song, I asked Brando what he thought if I gave a shot at taking the basic elements and see if I could come up with new lyrics, a hook and a basic arrangement. He was very positive and open about it, so in the next week I got an inspiration for what is now the last stanza of the song.

That led me to the lyric idea and the demo I made to document it eventually became this track.

lyrics

Dreams gotta a way of takin a hold over me
Sometimes they're all I can see
A veil over my reality

Dreams are always sending me head over feet
Got me stumblin and fallin
Chasin em down the street

Now I'm sleepwalking again
and it's getting harder my friend
to tear myself away from the places I like to stay
and wake up from my sweet sweet sweet dream

Dreams, I can finally be as cool as ice
I guess I'll just keep hitting the snooze
On that big ol' alarm clock of life

Dreams, They're everything I could ever wish to be
A bird in flight, an explorer of the seas
Maybe a movie star on that silver screen

But I'm sleepwalkin again
and it's getting harder my friend
To tear myself away from the places I like to make
and wake up from my sweet dreams

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from Shoulders of Giants, released March 24, 2012
Written by John Gray and Funky Boo

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