Dreamtime -- Daryl Hall

Charted: 1986
Peaked at #5
RCA -- 14387
From the album "Three Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine"
Written by Daryl Hall
B-Side "Let It Out"
45 RPM -- 4:48

I saw you standing and I felt your rage
Like a dark cloud on a crowded stage
You were talking thru the smoke in your fantasy
I know you, girl, I know what to believe
Maybe things ain't been so good at home
And the people that you love never cared at all
You wanna run away
Don't care where you go
You wanna run away, run away
That's all you know
Believe it's alright to fantasize
And say the words you think will satisfy me
But, you know better than that
'Cause, you know what's a lie

Chorus:
You're living in dreamtime, baby (you wanna run away)
It's time to wake up, ooh
You're living on dreamtime, baby (you wanna run away)
It's time to shape up

In your dream, it's overcast
Rain comes down, movin' your way fast
You wanna run away
Don't care where you go
You wanna run away, run away
That's all you know
Turn a corner, then you see a door
Walk on through, throw yourself on the floor
When you're looking up, it's no surprise
Standing there is a man with movie star eyes
You think he's gonna take care of you
The man with the plan that'll see you thru
I say there ain't no way
'Cause, I know he's a lie

Chorus

Shape up
You're living on dreamtime (you wanna run away)
You're living on dreamtime (you wanna run away)
Run away, run away

You're living in dreamtime (you wanna run away)
Shape up
You're living on dreamtime (you wanna run away)
It's time to wake up

I never saw anybody fall apart so fast
Living in dreamtime
You know it ain't gonna last
Never saw anyone think
She's so right and be so wrong
Living in dreamtime
It's hard to carry on

Dreamtime (you wanna run away) (run away, baby)
Dreamtime (you wanna run away)
Dreamtime

Repeat 'til fade