David Bradstreet - Dreaming in Colour

Produced by Don Oriolo of Freeflow Productions
Engineered by Ed Stasium, assisted by Gary Gray
Recorded and mixed at Manta Sound, Toronto, ON
Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound, NYC
Strings and horns recorded at The Hit Factory, NYC by Wayne Tarnowsky
David Bradstreet - vocals, BGs, acoustic and electric guitars
Carl Keesee - electric bass, clarinet, BGs
Jim Neil - drums, BGs
Bob Mann - electric and acoustic guitars
Lance Quinn - electric and acoustic guitars
Doug Riley - piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
Steve Kennedy - tenor sax
Chris Dedrick - organ, "Dreaming in Colour"
Matt Zimbel - percussion
Billie Hughes, Michael Lewis, Barbara Massey, Lani Groves, Yolanda McCullough - BGs
Brad Baker, Terry Minogue, Chris Dedrick - arrangers
Irving Spice - string contractor, NYC
Lew DelGatto - horn contractor, NYC
Brenda Bradstreet - cover design
Alan Magee - cover colour
Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound, NYC, NY
Walter Grasser - project manager

THIRTY YEARS

Sitting here waiting for my name to be called
Trying to get you out of my mind
I've been sitting here for hours in the early sun
At this retirement home paradise

And it's been thirty years
Since I've seen your face
Sitting here waiting for my name to be called
Trying to get you out of my mind

I remember the year we took to the road
Leaving our depression behind
We returned all our empties, cashed in our chips
Gave both our places on that long soup line

And it's been thirty years
Since I've seen your face
Sitting here waiting for my name to be called
Trying to get you out of my mind

We had some doubts about raising some kids
I guess it wasn't quite the best of times
But we made them out of lovin' on the boat to home
Watched them and loved them finding their own minds

And I would do it all again
Hopefully with you my friend
But for now I'm hangin' in

Sitting here waiting for my name to be called
Trying to get you out of my mind
I've been sitting here for hours in the early sun
At this retirement home paradise...

It's been thirty years
Since I've seen your face
Sitting here waiting for my name to be called
Trying to get you out of my mind
I've been sitting here for hours in the early sun
At this retirement home paradise
Trying to get you out of my mind
Trying to get you out of my mind

STICKS & STONES

Well I can tell you a story or two
Of how it took so long to arrive
Once the map had been chosen for you
How you stayed on the path to arrive alive
Temptations flanked the road you chose
Out beyond the town
And they all jeered loudly with sparkling eyes
Calling you names from the side of their mouths

Sticks and stones may break you over
Or build you a castle fine
It just depends on the way that you gather them darlin'
If they give you or take your time...
"Don't listen to a single word they were saying
We're just the jealous few
We saw you coming from ten miles back
And watched you stumble through..."

They couldn't stop you with the plans they made
Or trick you with the traps they laid
Or blind you with the bribes they paid
To lead you astray...
'Cause it's only a picture of madness
When everything's back to front
Like looking at the face in the morning mirror
Jumping right in and finding out

(Chorus)

"We saw you coming from ten miles back
And watched you stumble through..."
Now the gamut is run and you finally won
It's in your style and your smile
That you weathered the miles under the burning sun
Won't you give us a hint a spark for our flint
So that we can come
And won't you please stay with me
When we get to the sea when the journey's done
Won't you stay with me when the journey's done
Won't you please stay with me
When we get to the sea when the journey's done...

Since we came through
I've been dreaming in colour like you
Lights glow yellow green and blue
With your sweet assistance
I'm losing my resistance - I love you
And I never felt so free with love so new
And it doesn't seem to matter what we do
We come through

We took a chance
And picked up this new spirit and danced
Put on this Hollywood romance
I saw it when I found
That warm glow all around you can't you see
That it wasn't up to you or up to me
Somebody just finally heard our plea
And took a chance

I see your shining eyes
In every candle shadow
So I'm signing out and finding out
I'll be that way tomorrow

So see me through
And help me find this dreaming come true
Lights glow yellow green and blue
With your sweet assistance
I'm losing my resistance - I love you
And I never felt so free with love so new
And it doesn't seem to matter what we do
We come through

And on the other side of the daylight line
We had ventured far to seek and find
Treasures new and new gates to the end
To balance the space in between
All the time that strains at the seams
To be free...
Of the chains that it sings in
Like me...

And as we wandered through this naked dream
With the sun pouring through on this endless scene
Sailors knew the endless scheme of the sea
With spirit to search for the line
That reached out beyond their time
To be free...
Of the chains that it sings in
Like me..

And now with hungry eyes
The lonely siren cries
For her discovered lies, forgotten tries
to be free...
For she carries the heart of a high flying bird
Who longs for a nest on the sea
But she sings in her chains
Just like me...
Like me...

Then when I awake
And find your face still shining
Your cheeks still flushed
With the love you gave
The night is creeping by
And trucks outside this motel fly
Mountains hold our vision high
Beyond the room we call home

And this ringing in my ear is calling
Calling me away
And the aching in my bones in stalling
Begging me to stay
Either way it seems half wrong
When the morning comes around
My eye is searching in the sky
My ear is to the ground...

Why must we feel the purpose lost
To play the song and pay the cost
Of loving only strangers here
And making lonely smiles appear
Still we keep on searching
Though the miles may never end
Following the road to hope
And hoping that it never ends...

The morning seems to take forever
To come 'round to my shore
It's like a sailor's song that's never
Never been sung before
And the pieces of the puzzle
Lie fallen at my feet
My eyes are week there's not much light to see
Oh I might as well be holy
Might as well be saved from the sea

Big ships appearing on the edge now
Fish fall fathoms deep
The nets are overboard and trapping
Friends in their frenzied sleep
Well if the seasons turn without me this year
I won't have to feel
I've had enough and I've been here too long
Oh those bastards cut my lifeline
And then they stole my song

Sunlight is falling on the waves now
It's time to be headed home
My season's over and I'm old now
It's time to be headed home again
And as the earth rises up to meet my keel
The ocean falls away
And the sand upon the shore cradles my bow
Oh I know my catch is meagre
And won't support my life anyhow
Yes I know my catch is meagre
And won't support my life anyhow

I can see it in her cards
She's trying very hard
To be a winner - and it's in her
Take a diamond for a heart
And the hand may fall apart
A loser - I can't lose her

"Okay, this time you win"
Flashed a silly grin
And walked off with the winnings in her hand
But I could see it in her heart
There was a very special part left for me
But I was mumbling like a stumbling fool

So I looked down deep inside
And laid the future wide
New choices from new voices
Getting back to common ground
Not so easy to be found
The promised land here
In the sand here...

Take a flyer when you can
Careful where you land
Or end up with the pieces on the ground...
But I could see it in the cards
That we tried a bit too hard somehow
To make our love an ordinary thing...

Everybody loved Lucky Lucy
But she never loved like love in her mind
Soft caresses in satin dresses
She never seemed to find
Buddy watched her dance like the Devil
And it made him move head before feet
Then home alone with his saxophone
Hoping they might meet

He alone and she alone tried to turn their luck into fun
But it hadn't been in their hometown since 1961
Hell you say it's fine that way
If all you want to do is survive
But if you want the stars to dance in your yard
You've got to keep your luck alive

Well they found themselves both at the mercy
Of circles of strangers called friends
Calling bluffs of the dozen loves
They couldn't wait to end
Messages flashed in the alley
Out behind the town hall dance
Glowing embers helped them remember
Some summertime hot romance

Now Lucy loves to travel
And Buddy loves to drive
Writing short stories and long long songs
Out on Highway 65
And the stories and songs keep them going and going
Tapping their fun to survive
Feeding each other long distance long
And keeping their luck alive
So keep your luck alive
Keep your luck alive

I've been trying to catch this song on the fly
But the message only comes when the tide is right
Sun is dancing on the harbour
And the moon is waiting for her chance to shine

And I'm scattering ashes on the water
For you to find your way back home
Searching the skies for the Captain's daughter
I've been sailing alone
But if I had this all to do again
I'd end up on the same side of this line
Looking for you again
Someday to find...

Now this moonlit beach is showing me a world
So small in my hand this diamond and pearl
All this life now lies forgotten
My fire is dying and I've got nowhere to turn

So I'm scattering ashes on the water
For you to find your way back home
And these bridges that are burning
Look like stars that keep returning
To shine on my island alone
Come on back and make this place home

Stuck here in this little room
With the tricks of my trade
Trying to find where I went wrong
With the best plans laid
Please don't remind me where I've been
Or show me pictures I've already seen
'Cause one by one these treasures loom
...like ballerinas

I was hoping you might understand
This 'out of business' sign
And the purpose to which I turn my hand
I hope perhaps to change my mind
With the melody and meaning here
Forever taking shape
Like mist on this morning lake
...like ballerinas



					DREAMING IN COLOUR A&M SP9032 / ©1978 Thirty Years Sticks & Stones Dreaming in Colour Goodbye Jason Midnight Song Last Catch Cards Keep Your Luck Alive Ashes on the Water Ballerinas Produced by Don Oriolo of Freeflow Productions Engineered by Ed Stasium, assisted by Gary Gray Recorded and mixed at Manta Sound, Toronto, ON Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound, NYC Strings and horns recorded at The Hit Factory, NYC by Wayne Tarnowsky David Bradstreet - vocals, BGs, acoustic and electric guitars Carl Keesee - electric bass, clarinet, BGs Jim Neil - drums, BGs Bob Mann - electric and acoustic guitars Lance Quinn - electric and acoustic guitars Doug Riley - piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet Steve Kennedy - tenor sax Chris Dedrick - organ, "Dreaming in Colour" Matt Zimbel - percussion Billie Hughes, Michael Lewis, Barbara Massey, Lani Groves, Yolanda McCullough - BGs Brad Baker, Terry Minogue, Chris Dedrick - arrangers Irving Spice - string contractor, NYC Lew DelGatto - horn contractor, NYC Brenda Bradstreet - cover design Alan Magee - cover colour Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound, NYC, NY Walter Grasser - project manager LYRICS THIRTY YEARS Sitting here waiting for my name to be called Trying to get you out of my mind I've been sitting here for hours in the early sun At this retirement home paradise And it's been thirty years Since I've seen your face Sitting here waiting for my name to be called Trying to get you out of my mind I remember the year we took to the road Leaving our depression behind We returned all our empties, cashed in our chips Gave both our places on that long soup line And it's been thirty years Since I've seen your face Sitting here waiting for my name to be called Trying to get you out of my mind We had some doubts about raising some kids I guess it wasn't quite the best of times But we made them out of lovin' on the boat to home Watched them and loved them finding their own minds And I would do it all again Hopefully with you my friend But for now I'm hangin' in Sitting here waiting for my name to be called Trying to get you out of my mind I've been sitting here for hours in the early sun At this retirement home paradise... It's been thirty years Since I've seen your face Sitting here waiting for my name to be called Trying to get you out of my mind I've been sitting here for hours in the early sun At this retirement home paradise Trying to get you out of my mind Trying to get you out of my mind Top STICKS & STONES Well I can tell you a story or two Of how it took so long to arrive Once the map had been chosen for you How you stayed on the path to arrive alive Temptations flanked the road you chose Out beyond the town And they all jeered loudly with sparkling eyes Calling you names from the side of their mouths Sticks and stones may break you over Or build you a castle fine It just depends on the way that you gather them darlin' If they give you or take your time... "Don't listen to a single word they were saying We're just the jealous few We saw you coming from ten miles back And watched you stumble through..." They couldn't stop you with the plans they made Or trick you with the traps they laid Or blind you with the bribes they paid To lead you astray... 'Cause it's only a picture of madness When everything's back to front Like looking at the face in the morning mirror Jumping right in and finding out (Chorus) "We saw you coming from ten miles back And watched you stumble through..." Now the gamut is run and you finally won It's in your style and your smile That you weathered the miles under the burning sun Won't you give us a hint a spark for our flint So that we can come And won't you please stay with me When we get to the sea when the journey's done Won't you stay with me when the journey's done Won't you please stay with me When we get to the sea when the journey's done... Top DREAMING IN COLOUR Since we came through I've been dreaming in colour like you Lights glow yellow green and blue With your sweet assistance I'm losing my resistance - I love you And I never felt so free with love so new And it doesn't seem to matter what we do We come through We took a chance And picked up this new spirit and danced Put on this Hollywood romance I saw it when I found That warm glow all around you can't you see That it wasn't up to you or up to me Somebody just finally heard our plea And took a chance I see your shining eyes In every candle shadow So I'm signing out and finding out I'll be that way tomorrow So see me through And help me find this dreaming come true Lights glow yellow green and blue With your sweet assistance I'm losing my resistance - I love you And I never felt so free with love so new And it doesn't seem to matter what we do We come through Top GOODBYE JASON And on the other side of the daylight line We had ventured far to seek and find Treasures new and new gates to the end To balance the space in between All the time that strains at the seams To be free... Of the chains that it sings in Like me... And as we wandered through this naked dream With the sun pouring through on this endless scene Sailors knew the endless scheme of the sea With spirit to search for the line That reached out beyond their time To be free... Of the chains that it sings in Like me.. And now with hungry eyes The lonely siren cries For her discovered lies, forgotten tries to be free... For she carries the heart of a high flying bird Who longs for a nest on the sea But she sings in her chains Just like me... Like me... Top MIDNIGHT SONG Then when I awake And find your face still shining Your cheeks still flushed With the love you gave The night is creeping by And trucks outside this motel fly Mountains hold our vision high Beyond the room we call home And this ringing in my ear is calling Calling me away And the aching in my bones in stalling Begging me to stay Either way it seems half wrong When the morning comes around My eye is searching in the sky My ear is to the ground... Why must we feel the purpose lost To play the song and pay the cost Of loving only strangers here And making lonely smiles appear Still we keep on searching Though the miles may never end Following the road to hope And hoping that it never ends... Top LAST CATCH The morning seems to take forever To come 'round to my shore It's like a sailor's song that's never Never been sung before And the pieces of the puzzle Lie fallen at my feet My eyes are week there's not much light to see Oh I might as well be holy Might as well be saved from the sea Big ships appearing on the edge now Fish fall fathoms deep The nets are overboard and trapping Friends in their frenzied sleep Well if the seasons turn without me this year I won't have to feel I've had enough and I've been here too long Oh those bastards cut my lifeline And then they stole my song Sunlight is falling on the waves now It's time to be headed home My season's over and I'm old now It's time to be headed home again And as the earth rises up to meet my keel The ocean falls away And the sand upon the shore cradles my bow Oh I know my catch is meagre And won't support my life anyhow Yes I know my catch is meagre And won't support my life anyhow Top CARDS I can see it in her cards She's trying very hard To be a winner - and it's in her Take a diamond for a heart And the hand may fall apart A loser - I can't lose her "Okay, this time you win" Flashed a silly grin And walked off with the winnings in her hand But I could see it in her heart There was a very special part left for me But I was mumbling like a stumbling fool So I looked down deep inside And laid the future wide New choices from new voices Getting back to common ground Not so easy to be found The promised land here In the sand here... Take a flyer when you can Careful where you land Or end up with the pieces on the ground... But I could see it in the cards That we tried a bit too hard somehow To make our love an ordinary thing... Top KEEP YOUR LUCK ALIVE Everybody loved Lucky Lucy But she never loved like love in her mind Soft caresses in satin dresses She never seemed to find Buddy watched her dance like the Devil And it made him move head before feet Then home alone with his saxophone Hoping they might meet He alone and she alone tried to turn their luck into fun But it hadn't been in their hometown since 1961 Hell you say it's fine that way If all you want to do is survive But if you want the stars to dance in your yard You've got to keep your luck alive Well they found themselves both at the mercy Of circles of strangers called friends Calling bluffs of the dozen loves They couldn't wait to end Messages flashed in the alley Out behind the town hall dance Glowing embers helped them remember Some summertime hot romance Now Lucy loves to travel And Buddy loves to drive Writing short stories and long long songs Out on Highway 65 And the stories and songs keep them going and going Tapping their fun to survive Feeding each other long distance long And keeping their luck alive So keep your luck alive Keep your luck alive Top ASHES ON THE WATER I've been trying to catch this song on the fly But the message only comes when the tide is right Sun is dancing on the harbour And the moon is waiting for her chance to shine And I'm scattering ashes on the water For you to find your way back home Searching the skies for the Captain's daughter I've been sailing alone But if I had this all to do again I'd end up on the same side of this line Looking for you again Someday to find... Now this moonlit beach is showing me a world So small in my hand this diamond and pearl All this life now lies forgotten My fire is dying and I've got nowhere to turn So I'm scattering ashes on the water For you to find your way back home And these bridges that are burning Look like stars that keep returning To shine on my island alone Come on back and make this place home Top BALLERINAS Stuck here in this little room With the tricks of my trade Trying to find where I went wrong With the best plans laid Please don't remind me where I've been Or show me pictures I've already seen 'Cause one by one these treasures loom ...like ballerinas I was hoping you might understand This 'out of business' sign And the purpose to which I turn my hand I hope perhaps to change my mind With the melody and meaning here Forever taking shape Like mist on this morning lake ...like ballerinas Top