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Posted: February 1, 2008Lately, I Wake Up Dreaming

Credits/Backstory:

The lead track from “Rocket Rides” the five-song Mocking Birds EP: “The best Mocking Birds record ever!” (Sez me.)
Scotty McDonald, drums & harmony vocal, Johnny Java, bass guitar, Dick Neal, lead & slide guitars, JV, vocals & rhythm guitars.
It was recorded by Dick Neal at Trod Nossel Studios. Mastered by Gene (son of Les) Paul. It sounds good!
Take advantage of my three $ offer (cheap!) on the home page, and you’ll hear The Mox and guest guitarists Jim Chapdelaine and Dean Falcone.
“How can these guys be so good?” you’ll find yourself asking yourself.

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Lyrics:

Lately, I Wake Up Dreaming

There’s always a party, people come and go
in a crowded house they mingle, your smile is all I see
all the people that scare me the most
that’s the people I love
gathered together forever and ever, forever
my eyes slowly focus, and find the light…

Lately I wake up dreaming, spinning in my crazy bed
Lately I wake up dreaming
I don’t know, it’s all in my head.

They’re all dead you know — lovers friends and family
in a fiery crash they vanished, alone I floated to the ground
the scene is in perpetual replay
I rewrite, I survive
I hug and kiss goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
my throat dries and cracks, I need water….

Lately I wake up dreaming, staring at my steering wheel
Lately I wake up dreaming
I don’t know, just might be real.

It’s not like those Hollywood dreams
it’s more like summer rain
it satisfies my need for swirling, sweet embrace
with a rocket ride and a swift release…

I’m late again, guess I always am
got an unpaid bill, a missed exam, a skipping record I can’t reach
I made a promise I can’t keep
to everyone who’s ever needed me
I run, I fly, I drive, I crawl, I stumble upstairs,
I jerk and twitch.

Lately I wake up dreaming, happens almost every day
Lately I wake up dreaming
I don’t know, it might stay that way
Lately I wake up dreaming, right between alive and dead
Lately I wake up dreaming
thank god for my crazy head.