Songwriter: Aretha Franklin
Producer: Bob Baldori
[Intro]
If I lose this dream
I don't know what I'm going to do
If I lose this dream
I'm dreaming about for me and you
[Verse 1]
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 or help it grow
And I only know
I only know, I only know
If I lose 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
There've been all of my life
I wanted to do that made me blue
[Bridge]
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, no
Baby, baby, be strong
[Verse 2]
You say that 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]
Don't let me lose this dream
Baby, baby, hold on
Don't let me lose my dream, no
Baby, baby, be strong
If I lose this dream
I don't know what I'm going to do
If I lose this dream
I'm dreaming about for me and you
[Verse 1]
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 or help it grow
And I only know
I only know, I only know
If I lose 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
There've been all of my life
I wanted to do that made me blue
[Bridge]
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, no
Baby, baby, be strong
[Verse 2]
You say that 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]
Don't let me lose this dream
Baby, baby, hold on
Don't let me lose my dream, no
Baby, baby, be strong
more tracks from the album
The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 8: 1968
- For Once in My Life
- What’s Easy for Two Is Hard For One
- Thank You Love
- Fading Away
- Alfie
- (You Can’t Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You
- Girls, Girls, Girls
- Why Don’t You Lead Me To Love
- Your Mother’s Only Daughter
- Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream
- I’ve Been Good To You
- I Care About Detroit
- Give Her Up
- Love Child (Alternate Version)
- It’s Growing
- Malinda (Alternate Mix)
- I Just Can’t Help But Feel the Pain
- More Than A Dream
- Malinda
- Love Child
- Much Better Off
- My Girl
- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
- You Met Your Match
- Will This Be the Day
- When the Words From Your Heart Get Caught Up in Your Throat
- Baby, Baby Don’t Cry
- Special Occasion
- Yester Love
- If You Can Want
- It Should Have Been Me
- Angie Girl
- Bad, Bad Weather (Till You Come Home)
- What the World Needs Now
- Wonderful Baby
- Here I Am Baby
- Way Over There
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