Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry...
Barkeep', poor me one last shot, 'cause I must be on my way
Gotta make that same old stop that this soul makes everyday
Tell me why am I holding on? Harry! Why is love a flame?
It burns you when it's hot, but Cupid's fire trucks never came
I can't bend the hands of time, so I think myself to sleep
The way you never said goodbye, if only in my dreams
Tell me where you want to go
Tell me what you long to be
Are you longing for my touch?
If only in my dreams
We'll sing the love songs you once sung
Touch the stars you want to reach
And I'll see the job gets done
If only in my dreams
Lord, I'd sacrifice my eyes, there's nothing else I'd rather see
You can have my heart, it's of little use to me
And if you want my soul, I'd throw it in for free
It's all I'm worth that's left, since my angel got her wings
Now I'm down and on my knees, it's of little use to pray
Unless you give her back, but there's no deals cut these days
They're only in my dreams
Tell me where you want to go
Tell me what you long to be
Are you longing for my touch?
If only in my dreams
We'll sing the love songs we once sung
Touch the stars you want to reach
And I'll see the job gets done
If only in my dreams
Now I curse the daytime
When I'm alone at night time
'Cause I swore the sun shined just for you
And I know you anywhere
There ain't no pain, there ain't no tears
And if I have my way from the moment I get there
Take me where you wanna go
We'll be who you wanna be
All I needed was your touch
All I want is you and me
We'll sing the love songs you once sung
And you'll be in my dream
Until the war is won
It's only in my dreams
Woah...
Release notes:
All words & music by some of the B-J lot
Tico daydreams:
A cover. It took many months of deliberation to decide whether we go for the original key or drop it - we decided to honour the live version and drop it good! Enhancing what was made before us, we've carefully been faithful to the original but put much better bits in it. I say we, really I mean me. Try as I might, I cannot take all the glory for this borrowing. I was finding it tricky to learn the highly complex chords and rapid shredding, so Bri took a few hours away from his broken biscuit stall to calm me down and empower me to stop being so silly and just get on with it.
Bri interjects:
Tico's cover song of choice, honouring Tico Snr with a passionate display of vocal showboating. This Bon Jovi B-Side (the greatest A-side that never was until we got our manicured mitts on it) drips with emotion as Tico interrogates Harry the barkeep about love. It builds and builds until Tico practically screams melodically about 'cursing the daytime' and an operatic flood of powerful vocals carry you to the heavens. Quite simply stunning and makes me feel somewhat lacking.
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