DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM)

Roy Orbison's original version

Sweet dream baby, sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby, how long must I dream

Dream baby, got me dreaming sweet dreams the whole day through
Dream baby, got me dreaming sweet dreams night time too
I love you and I'm dreaming of you, that won't do
Dream baby make me stop my dreaming
You can make my dreams come true

Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
How (sha-da-da-da) long (sha-da-da-da) must I dream (whoooo)

(Dream baby) dream baby (dream baby)
Got me dreaming sweet dreams (dream baby) the whole day through (dream baby)
Dream baby (dream baby)
Got me dreaming sweet dreams (dream baby) night time too (dream baby)
(Dream baby) I love you (dream baby)
And I'm dreaming of you (dream baby) that won't do (dream baby)
(Dream baby) dream baby (dream baby)
Make me stop my dreaming (dream baby) you can make my dreams come true

Aww, sweet dream baby (dream baby, ah-huh-huh)
Yea-eh-ah, sweet dream baby (dream baby, ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream, baby (dream baby, ah-huh-huh)
How long must I dream

Sweet dream baby (dream baby, ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby, ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby

Page last updated: 19 Apr 2008

Written by Cindy Walker and recorded by Roy Orbison, DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM) was released in January 1962 as a single (Monument 456) with THE ACTRESS as b-side. The single peaked at #4 on The Billboard Hot 100 and at #2 in the UK. The song can now be found on The Essential Roy Orbison, released on Sony Music in 2006.

The above lyrics are for Roy Orbison's original version. Check also Bruce Springsteen's home demo version and the live 30 Sep 1987 version.