"About a dream" - Steve Forbert

ABOUT A DREAM

Dogs chase cars and men chase dreams
And the dog is the more practical it seems
But a dream can help a person to get up and out of bed
And for this I’d say there’s certainly still a lot that can be said

CHORUS
About a dream – up in your mind
Something you wish – hoping to find
About a dream – something you want
Maybe you need – maybe you don’t
About a dream, dream

(Well) Seeds takes root but fruit takes time
And a dream can’t grow if it dies on the vine
So you gotta keep it goin’ with a steady ray of sun
And a daily drop of rain and you could well get something done

(REPEAT CHORUS)

BRIDGE
All in favor say, "yeah"
All in favor say, "fine"
Take your dream anywhere
It’s all in your mind

Well you chase yours and I’ll chase mine
And I hope our dreams will meet up on the boulevard sometime
And I hope we’ll both be happy if the dreams we dream come true
And I hope as well we don’t just wind up bitter sad and blue

(REPEAT CHORUS)




Lyrcis from Steve Forbert's website

"Middle Age" - Steve Forbert

MIDDLE AGE

Middle age is diff'rent,
Now you're someone else;
Now you've got some sense
Of how much time perhaps is left.

Middle age is central,
Now you tend to know
Not just where it's been you've been,
But where you'll likely go.

Chorus
Middle age, middle age, I say,
In a new, older now, later stage.

Middle age is clearer,
Now it dawns on you;
Now you hafta laugh at what you
Used to think you knew.

Middle age is cloudy,
Rain or sleet or snow?
Don't you wish you knew those things,
In fact, you once did know?

Repeat chorus

Here's your middle age years
Here's your middle age years.

Middle age is hectic,
Much less time for fun;
Clearly it's a good thing youth is
Wasted on the young.

Repeat chorus

Middle age is telling,
Now you see it's so;
All those old, gray people aren't to
Blame for being slow.

Middle age is further,
Closer to the end;
This will be as young as you will
Ever be again.

Middle age, middle age , I say,
In a new, older now, later stage;
Middle age, middle age, I say,
Call it half by the best you can gauge,
Middle age.

Here's your middle age years,
Here's your middle age years,
Here's your middle age years,
Here's your middle age years.



Lyrics from Steve Forbert's website

Steve Forbert in concert

Got to experience Steve Forbert in concert last night at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN). A good size place for this intimate concert. Steve was in good form. Most of the audience served as the chorus on queue by chiming in on various songs.

This YouTube sample of two songs is a good representation:





Enjoy!

Steve Forbert "My Seaside Brown-Eyed Girl"

Enjoy a little from Steve Forbert to go with your Saturday:

Steve Forbert - "Strange Names"

Digging into the past, I found Steve Forbert's web site. He has a couple of videos posted there. One of them; "Strange Names (North New Jersey's Got'em)" is simple and cool.

Having lived in NJ for the better part of 13 years, with both daughters born there (yes, they are Jersey girls!), the concept of crafting the lyrics around the names of the towns is something I would have done. He sings far better than I do so enjoy!