Dreaming

"Dreaming"
Cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Released	November 26, 1996
Recorded	June 1996
Studio	Soundworks, Farmer Brown's Studio (D'arcy's house)
Length	5:11
Songwriter(s)	Debbie Harry, Chris Stein

"Dreaming" is a s a cover of a Blondie song performed by The Smashing Pumpkins on their 1996 box set, The Aeroplane Flies High.

“ This is a cover of Blondie classic from the late seventies, with D'Arcy handling most of the vocals. We decided to do this with a breezy hippity-hop vibe, with a little Joy Division thrown in for good measure. Interestingly enough, this song was plagued with all sorts of technical problems that made mic-ing it a technical nightmare- vocals with electrical noises, drum loops with scratch guitars recorded over them, etc. ” — Billy Corgan, Guitar World, January 1997

Lyrics

When I met you in the restaurant you could tell I was no debutante.
You asked me what's my pleasure, "A movie or a measure"?
I'll have a cup of tea and tell you of my dreaming
Dreaming is free
I don't want to live on charity
Pleasure's real or is it fantasy?
Reel to reel is living rarity
People stop and stare at me, we just walk on by; we just keep on dreaming
Feet feet: walking a two mile
Meet meet: meet me at the turnstile
I never met him, I'll never forget him
Dream dream: even for a little while
Dream dream: filling up an idle hour
Fade away, radiate
I sit by and watch the river flow
I sit by and watch the traffic go
Imagine something of your very own; something you can have and hold
I'd build a road in gold just to have some dreaming
Dreaming is free

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Bullet with Butterfly Wings	1996 Reissue	Single
The Aeroplane Flies High Sampler	US Virgin promo CD (full release)	Promotional
The Aeroplane Flies High	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"	Box set
Rarities and B-Sides		Compilation

External links

• "Dreaming" at SPFC