Released: February 1, 2011
Songwriter: Chris Wood (Traffic) Jim Capaldi Steve Winwood
Producer: The Grateful Dead
[Verse 1]
Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything to take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who makes us all glad
But doing that, you break, you break down in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight life you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to keep us all happy
Do anything to take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who cab ==n makes us all laugh
But doing that, you break down in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight life you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Instrumental]
Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything to take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who makes us all glad
But doing that, you break, you break down in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight life you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune
Something to keep us all happy
Do anything to take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who cab ==n makes us all laugh
But doing that, you break down in tears
Please don't be sad if it was a straight life you had
We wouldn't have known you all these years
[Instrumental]
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- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
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- When I Paint My Masterpiece (Live at Knickerbocker Arena, March 1990)
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- Second That Emotion (Live at Fillmore East NYC April 1971)
- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live at the Meadowlands, October 16, 1989)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (Live at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, December 16, 1992)
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- Dear Mr. Fantasy (Live at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, March 27, 1988)
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