Songwriter: Chris Wood (Traffic) Steve Winwood Jim Capaldi
Producer: Jimmy Miller
[Chorus]
Dear Mister Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that, you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Dear Mister Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy (yeah)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Dear Mister Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that, you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Guitar Solo]
Dear Mister Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that, you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Dear Mister Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy (yeah)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Dear Mister Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that, you break out in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Guitar Solo]
more tracks from the album
Gold
- John Barleycorn (Must Die)
- Freedom Rider
- No Face, No Name, No Number
- Light Up or Leave Me Alone
- Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
- Medicated Goo
- Shanghai Noodle Factory
- Dealer
- Paper Sun
- Gimme Some Lovin’ (Live)
- Empty Pages
- Glad
- Walking in the Wind
- (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired
- Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- Dear Mr. Fantasy
- Forty Thousand Headmen
- Rainmaker
- Dream Gerrard
- When the Eagle Flies
- Smiling Phases
- Something New
- Coloured Rain
- Heaven Is in Your Mind
- Pearly Queen
- Rock & Roll Stew
From the albums
- Mr. Fantasy (1967)
- Mr. Fantasy (US Version) (1968)
- Winwood (1971)
- Welcome to the Canteen (1971)
- The Rolling Stone Collection - 25 Years Of Essential Rock (1993)
- The Finer Things (1995)
- The Definitive Collection (1999)
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Music From the Film) (2005)
- Gold (2005)
- The Ultimate Classic Rock Album Vol. 2 (2019)
- Music From Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame (Soundtrack) (2019)
Traffic popular songs
- Dear Mr. Fantasy
- John Barleycorn (Must Die)
- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- Sittin’ Here Thinkin’ of My Love
- This Train Won’t Stop
- Every Mother’s Son
- Nowhere Is Their Freedom
- State of Grace
- Smiling Phases
- Here Comes a Man
- Something New
- Coloured Rain
- Stranger to Himself
- No Time to Live
- Heaven Is in Your Mind
- Pearly Queen
- Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
- (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired
- Withering Tree
- Every Night, Every Day
- Hidden Treasure
- Walking in the Wind
- Freedom Rider
- Berkshire Poppies