Released: March 10, 1967
Songwriter: Ted White Aretha Franklin
Producer: Jerry Wexler
[Verse 1]
If I lose this dream (This dream)
I don't know what I'm going to do
If I lose this dream (This dream)
I'm dreaming about for me and you
[Bridge]
If it goes away I might as well hang it up
'Cause I don't know
If I have the heart or mind
To make it true, to help it grow
And I only know, I only know, I only know
[Verse 2]
If I lose this dream (This dream)
It's goodbye love and happiness, yes
You're the one I need
I don't want a love that's second best
[Bridge]
There've been things all of my life
I wanted to do that made me blue
Help me hold onto this dream
For sometimes dreams often come true
And they all come true, they all come true
For me and you
(Wait a minute, baby)
[Chorus]
Don't let me lose this dream
Baby, baby, hold on
Don't let me lose my dream
Baby, baby, be strong
[Verse 3]
You say that, uh, you believe that what I say is true
And that I'm the one and only girl for you
Just tell me that no matter what the people say
You're in my corner all the way
[Chorus]
And I won't let me lose this dream
Baby, baby, hold on
Don't let me lose my dream
Baby, baby, be strong
Don't me, ooh baby
Baby, baby, hold on
If I lose this dream (This dream)
I don't know what I'm going to do
If I lose this dream (This dream)
I'm dreaming about for me and you
[Bridge]
If it goes away I might as well hang it up
'Cause I don't know
If I have the heart or mind
To make it true, to help it grow
And I only know, I only know, I only know
[Verse 2]
If I lose this dream (This dream)
It's goodbye love and happiness, yes
You're the one I need
I don't want a love that's second best
[Bridge]
There've been things all of my life
I wanted to do that made me blue
Help me hold onto this dream
For sometimes dreams often come true
And they all come true, they all come true
For me and you
(Wait a minute, baby)
[Chorus]
Don't let me lose this dream
Baby, baby, hold on
Don't let me lose my dream
Baby, baby, be strong
[Verse 3]
You say that, uh, you believe that what I say is true
And that I'm the one and only girl for you
Just tell me that no matter what the people say
You're in my corner all the way
[Chorus]
And I won't let me lose this dream
Baby, baby, hold on
Don't let me lose my dream
Baby, baby, be strong
Don't me, ooh baby
Baby, baby, hold on
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