Song Description

Uplifting ballad about dreams. Entered for American Idol songwriting contest.

Lyrics

Because I Was Dreaming

lyrics by Judy Glickstein
music by Matt Glickstein
 
On winter days when I was five
I'd pull a chair up to my window
Dark and cold, the world was bleak
And yet I was so warm inside
I didn't see the snow, or hear that north wind blow
By this window I would stay
Til all my pain would melt away
 
Chorus:
Because I was dreaming,
I was dreaming of a chance to sing
I was dreaming that one day I'd be
Gleaming like the bright, brave sun
But never did I know or see
How powerful that dream would be
That someday I'd come so far
That someday I might be a star
 
When clouds filled up the clear blue  sky
When summer flowers paled and died
When all the nights seemed dark and long
I still knew that I was born to sing
And I knew if I could share the song
That burned within my heart
The clouds would lift, the veil would part.

Chorus:
Because I was dreaming,
I was dreaming of a chance to sing
I was dreaming that one day I'd be
Gleaming like the bright, brave sun
But never did I know or see
How powerful that dream would be
That someday I'd come so far
That someday I might be a star 
 
Bridge:
There's a secret that I want to share
It's the secret that got me where
I really want to be
I asked and I received
All I had to do was believe
Just believe, just believe
 
 
Chorus:
Because I was dreaming,
I was dreaming of a chance to sing
I was dreaming that one day I'd be
Gleaming like the bright, brave sun
But never did I know or see
How powerful that dream would be
That someday I'd come so far
That someday I might be a star