Simply Red

Songwriter: Mick Hucknall

I'm a believer yes I am
I do the very best I can
You might say I'm a daydreamer
Do you feel you're a daydreamer

In this world we're living in
Our suffering's a sin
You might say we need a faith healer
Do you pray we need a faith healer
Don't stop me daydreaming
Don't stop me daydreaming
Dreaming of a world where love is strong
Dreaming that the human race goes on and on and on

Dear life lives on

Let's cool it all down if we can
And show the very best of man

Do you feel like a daydreamer
(Yes I do now)

'Cause In this world we're living in
You know that sufferings a sin
You might say we need a faith healer
Do you pray we need a faith healer. Don't stop me daydreaming
Don't stop me daydreaming
Dreaming of a world where love is strong
Dreaming that the human race goes on and on and on

Dear life lives on and on and on and on

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

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