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Only In My Dreams (Debbie Gibson Cover)

by Rich Boucher

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I chose this song to cover for Victor Infante's "Cover Song Challenge" of April 2020. This time around, the challenge was to cover a song that you find to be both terrible and a guilty pleasure all at once. Now, I have always thought that this song was incredibly catchy and entrancing while at the same time somehow sounding canned and artificial. How can that possibly be? I always thought of Debbie Gibson as one of the more "actually talented" singers of the pop princess era of the late '80's to early '90's. And if I ever hear this song on the radio, I won't turn it off. The song makes me think of young love and sunshine (maybe partially inspired by the dreamlike video for this song). So, truth be told, I love this song, but blush as I confess to it. Do you like it? Have you ever liked this song?

Anyhow, Debbie Gibson is a much better singer than I am. It is what it is. Enjoy!!!!!

lyrics

Only in My Dreams
Debbie Gibson



Everytime I'm tellin' secrets
I remember how it used to be
And I realized how much I miss you
And I realize how it feels to be free

Now I see I'm up to no good (no, no, no)
And I wanna start again
Can't remember when I felt good, baby
No, I can't remember when

No, only in my dreams
As real as it may seem
It was only in my dreams

Couldn't see how much I missed you (now I do)
Couldn't see how much it meant (ah, ah)
Now I see my world come tumbling down (tumbling down my world)
Now I see the road is bent

If I only once could hold you (no, no, no)
And remember how it used to be
If only I could scold you
And forget how it feels to be free

No, only in my dreams
As real as it may seem
It was only in my dreams

No, no, no, no, only in my dreams
As real as it may seem
It was only in my dreams

No, only in my dreams
As real as it may seem
It was only in my dreams

No, no, no, no, only in my dreams
As real as it may seem
It was only in my dreams

No, no, no, only in my dreams
As real as it may seem
It was only in my dreams




Songwriters: Deborah Ann Gibson
Only in My Dreams lyrics © Music Sales Corporation

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released April 10, 2020
Vocals: Rich Boucher
Sound effects: Rich Boucher
Arrangement & Mixing: Rich Boucher
Recording and Production: Rich Boucher
Credit for the track "Moaning of the Dead, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.
Acid-infused yelp by Mick Jagger from "Sympathy for the Devil" by
The Rolling Stones.

Track Cover Photo by Markus Spiske, found for use on unsplash.com.

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Rich Boucher Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rich Boucher is a performance poet whose poems have appeared in Adobe Walls: An Anthology of New Mexico Poetry, Fickle Muses, The Rag, The Malpais Review, Menagerie, Clutching at Straws, Shot Glass Journal, Sparkbright, The Mas Tequila Review, The Legendary and The Nervous Breakdown, among others. ... more

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