Hall & Oates

Released: November 6, 2001

Songwriter: Sara Allen John Oates Daryl Hall

Producer: John Oates Daryl Hall

[Verse 1]
What I want, you've got
But it might be hard to handle
Like the flame that burns the candle
The candle feeds the flame yeah yeah
What I got -- full stock of thoughts and dreams that scatter
And you pull them all together
And how? I can't explain, oh yeah

[Chorus]
Well well you (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
You make my dreams come true (you you) you
(you you)
Well well well you (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh yeah you make my dreams come true
(ooh oooh ooh ooh) hell yeah

[Verse 2]
On a night when bad dreams become a screamer
When they're messin' with a dreamer
I can laugh it in the face
Twist and shout my way out
And wrap yourself around me
Cause I ain't the way you found me
And I'll never be the same oh yeah

[Chorus]
Well cause You (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Hmmm hmm you make my dreams come true (you
You you you) oh yeah
Well well well you (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Ooh you make my dreams come true (you
You you you) oh yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
Well listen to this

[Bridge]
I'm down on my daydream
All that sleepwalk should be over by now
I know

[Chorus]
Well you hell yeah you make my dreams come true
(you you you you) oh yeah
(you you)
I've been waiting for waiting for you girl
(ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Oh yeah you make my dreams come true
(you you you you)

[Verse 3]
Me you me and you
I've been waiting for waiting for you girl
(ooh ooh ooh ooh) all my life
You make my dreams come true
(you you) whoa (you you)
Whoa whoa I've been waiting for waiting for waiting
For waiting for waiting
For waiting for waiting for

[Chorus]
(You make my dreams) ooh ooh ooh ooh
I've been waiting for you girl (you you you you)
(You make my dream you you you you)

Hall & Oates released the first of their 18 albums in 1972 on Atlantic Records. They would go on to sell 13 million albums and 6 million singles primarily during the 70’s and 80’s when they recorded their most prolific and profound music. They blended rock, jazz, soul, and pop create a genre they titled rock and soul.

While their technical musicianship, innovative songwriting styles, and popular live performances were praised, they also had a fruitful partnership with their manager Tommy Mottola, who was helped Hall & Oates break into music videos before they were popular and made profitable financial deals by helping them get on the ground level of and corporate sponsorship of tours. Hall & Oates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

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