S$# 049 Blondie | Dreaming

Dreaming, from Blondie's 1979 album, Eat To The Beat, is a great rocking song, written by lead vocalist Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.

Blondie were a very successful group who featured elements of punk, new wave, reggae, disco and more in their work. Dreaming is a bouncy rocker.

Debbie's vocals are great, and the instrumentation, especially Clem Burke's outstanding drumming, is top notch. It's probably my favourite Blondie song.

Dreaming is free, and the song celebrates one's ability to imagine:

When I met you in the restaurant
You could tell I was no debutante
You asked me what's my pleasure
A movie or a measure?
I'll have a cup of tea and tell you of my dreaming
Dreaming is free

I don't want to live on charity
Pleasure's real or is it fantasy?
Reel to reel is living rarity
People stop and stare at me
We just walk on by - we just keep on dreaming

Feet feet, walking a two mile
Meet meet, meet me at the turnstile
I never met him, I'll never forget him
Dream dream, even for a little while
Dream dream, filling up an idle hour
Fade away, radiate

I sit by and watch the river flow
I sit by and watch the traffic go
Imagine something of your very own
Something you can have and hold
I'd build a road in gold just to have some dreaming

Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free

Dreaming is also available on various Blondie compilations.