It's The Same Old Dream

It's The Same Old Dream
music by Jule Styne (left)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (right)

I can see a steeple surrounded by people, oh, how real it all starts to seem.
Just as the choir is singing, my alarm starts ringing,
It's the same old dream.

And then my thoughts inspire a scene by a fire in a cottage close by a stream.
I know it all by heart now, we're about to part now,
It's the same old dream.

If you but knew how many times I pretend that I'm with you,
I'm sure your heart would unbend, you'd see me through,
Until my dream had a happy ending.

And I can picture clearly the things I love dearly, in the center you reign supreme,
We kiss and I discover I'm a lonesome lover,
It's the same old dream.