Dream Lover - Bobby Darin (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Dream Lover (Bobby Darin, 1959). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2025-04-02. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Dream Lover," written by Bobby Darin, was Darin's 5th consecutive top 40 hit landing at the no. 2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959 (Whitburn, 2013). Neil Sedaka played piano for the recording (songfacts, 2025). "'Dream Lover' was built on a Latin dance rhythm, a shuffle beat called cha-lypso. The song was a subtle move from simplistic rock and roll structure to songs designed to appeal to an older audience. 'Dream Lover' was [Darin's] third million seller. Of all the songs Darin ever wrote, 'Dream Lover' is the one that has stood the test of time and [has] become a true pop standard (J,Bleiel, That's All : Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen, 1994).

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Lyrics:

Every night I hope and pray
A dream lover will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms
And know the magic of her charms

'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So, I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, where are you?
With a love, oh, so true
And the hand that I can hold
To feel you near as I grow old

'Cause I want (
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So, I don't have to dream alone

Someday, I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my pleas
Some way, I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover, until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
'Til all my lover's dreams come true

'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So, I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
'Til all my lover's dreams come true

'Cause I want
A girl
To call
My own
I want a dream lover
So, I don't have to dream alone

Please, don't make me dream alone
I beg you, don't make me dream alone
No, I don't wanna dream alone