DREAM WEAVER
GARY WRIGHT
SONGWRITER: GARY WRIGHT
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: THE DREAM WEAVER
LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1975
"Dream
Weaver" is a song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the US, reaching #2 in the Billboard charts while it reached #1 in the Cash
Box charts in 1976. Taken from the album
The Dream Weaver released the previous year, it features Wright on vocals and
keyboards, and Jim Keltner on drums. In 1992, Gary Wright re-recorded a longer version of
"Dream Weaver" for the Wayne's
World movie soundtrack.
According
to Gary Wright, the song was inspired by Autobiography
of a Yogi, which was given to him by George Harrison.
Paramhansa Yogananda's poem "God! God! God!"
made reference to "the idea of the mind weaving dreams." The
expression "Dream Weaver" was popularized by John Lennon in 1970 in his song "God",
taken from his solo album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. This song depicts Lennon's
declaration that he was the dream weaver of the 1960s, breaking away from the
influences and dogmas that influenced his life.
I've
just closed my eyes again
Climbed aboard the dream weaver train
Driver take away my worries of today
And leave tomorrow behind
Ooh
dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today's pain
Ooh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today's pain
Though the dawn may be coming soon
There still may be some time
Fly me away to the bright side of the moon
And meet me on the other side
Ooh
dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today's pain
Dream weaver