Why Do I Dream Those Dreams?

Written for: Wonder Bar (1934)
Performer: Dick Powell
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1934
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

American version:

Verse:

Thoughts that you suppress,
Thoughts you won't confess,
You dismiss them from your mind, but then, they come again.
I've tried to avoid
Dreams that I've enjoyed,
But I find they never can be utterly destroyed, for;

Chorus:

I see somebody just like you,
Preparing breakfast just for two,
A dream that never does come true,
Why do I dream those dreams?
And at the close of ev'ry day,
An angel in a negligée,
Comes down to kiss my cares away,
Why do I dream those dreams?
All night long I've a beautiful illusion: 
You are in my arms, it seems.
Right or wrong, you must pardon my intrusion,
I can't help my dreams.
The morning sun will shine again
And I'll wake up to pine again,
But in the night, you're mine again,
Why do I dream those dreams?


British version:

Verse:

Shades of night soon cease,
Daylight brings me peace,
After dreaming all those dreams of you, that don't come true.
Things are fine till when
In my bed again,
Seems the same thing happens soon as I'm asleep again, for;

Chorus:

I see somebody just like you,
Preparing breakfast just for two,
A dream that never does come true,
Why do I dream those dreams?
And when the evening sun goes down,
I always picture you around,
An angel in an evening gown,
Why do I dream those dreams?
Lights are low in the beautiful seclusion
Of a little hide-away.
Though I know, it's a beautiful illusion,
Can't I make you stay?
The morning sun will shine again
And I'll wake up to pine again,
But in the night, you're mine again,
Why do I dream those dreams?