About Songs I Like: Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

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Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

My favorite song from the movie, Streets of Fire, despite the soundtrack having a number of Jim Steinman penned tunes (or re-penned, as fans of Steinman's are familiar with).


I Can Dream About You

No more timing each tear that falls from my eyes
I'm not hiding the remedy to cure this old heart of mine

CHORUS:

I can dream about you
If I can't hold you tonight
I can dream about you
You know how to hold me just right

REPEAT CHORUS

Moving sidewalks, I don't see under my feet
Climbing up from down here below where the streets see
me lonely for you.

CHORUS

I can dream about you
I'm gonna press my lips against you and hold you tight to me
I can dream about you
You know you got me spellbound what else can it be

Moving sidewalks, I don't see under my feet
Climbing up from the pain in my heart 'cause it's you that I need.

I don't understand it
I can't keep my mind off loving you
Ooo, now baby, I'm caught up in the magic I see in you
There's one thing to do

CHORUS TWICE TO FADE

The MIDI:


Until just the other day, I generally thought that Dan Hartman was actually a thin black man*:

The Video:

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but in fact, he was a stout white guy:

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(and look, it's Just One of the Guys and The Flash star, Joyce Hyser! Alas, this dancing in a video gig didn't do as well as Courtney Cox's

*It's likely I knew this back in the day and had just forgotten over the years.