Thursday, 19 August 2021

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONG # 15 - Christmas Dream

 

Despite the general awfulness of the Christmas song there are however always exceptions to the rule and I have a short list of personal favorites.

Without exception all my choices not only include the song but the best performer of that song and so in no particular order here is my fifteenth selection.

 

"Christmas Dream" written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice with German lyrics by Andre Heller and Performed by Perry Como & The London Boy Singers

 

Watch me now, here I go, all I need’s a little snow!

Starts me off, sets the theme,

helps me dream my Christmas dream,

Every year I dream it, hoping things will change,

An end to the crying, the shouting, the dying,

And I hope you will dream it too!

It’s Christmas,

Remember?

We’ve got to remember!

 

So, light the light, I’m home tonight,

I need you to warm me, to calm me, to love me!

To help me to dream my Christmas dream!

 

Crazy things, said an’ done,

Every single day but one!

Every night should, I believe,

Be the same as Christmas Eve,

Nights should all be silent,

Days should all slow down,

An end to the hurry, the noise and the worry!

And I hope you believe that too!

It’s Christmas,

Remember?

Does no one remember?

 

The whole world needs, a Christmas dream,

We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .

To help us to dream our Christmas dream!

 

(Lüge dirigiert die Welt, Ehrlichkeit bringt selten Geld,

Jeder möcht' Sieger sein, wer verliert bleibt ganz allein;

Doch manch Will' ist möglich durch die Fantasie

Du stirbst um zu leben und nimmst um zu geben;)

Einmal im Jahr wird alles wahr

Zu Weihnacht vergiss nicht,

Vergiss es gewiss nicht.

 

The whole world needs, a Christmas dream,

We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .

We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .

We need it to warm us, to calm us, to love us . . .

To help us to dream our Christmas dream!

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