Songs About Dreams or Dreaming

[Ramona_A_Stone]

#9 Dream

So long ago
Was it in a dream? Was it just a dream?
I know, yes I know
It seemed so very real, it seemed so real to me

Took a walk down the street
Through the heat whispered trees
I thought I could hear
(hear - hear - hear)
Somebody call out my name
(John)
As it started to rain
(John)
Two spirits dancing so strange

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

Dream, dream away
Magic in the air, was magic in the air?
I believe, yes I believe
More I cannot say, what more can I say?

On a river of sound
Thru the mirror go round, round
I thought I could feel
(feel - feel - feel)
Music touching my soul
Something warm, sudden cold
The spirit dance was unfolding

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé
Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

John Lennon (1974)

According to John, "Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé" doesn't mean anything, it is just a phrase that came to him in a dream and he decided to base a song around it. (although the word "poussé" translates from the French as meaning roughly "thorough") Of course many Lennon fans also noted that some elements of this song seemed eerily precognitive after he was shot to death on Dec. 8th, 1980, as his killer "called out his name" ("Mr. Lennon" as opposed to "John") just before shooting him three times as he "took a walk down the street" near his NYC apartment. John also had a well known fascination with the number nine. Strangely this song, the weird verse of which has nine syllables, was released on John's ninth solo album Mind Games (9 letters) on the ninth month of 1974 and went to number 9 on the charts of that year. Many have also noted that John was shot at 11 P.M. on Dec 8th, at which time it was already Dec. 9th in his hometown of Liverpool. 1980 is also, numerologically speaking, a "number 9 year": 1+9+8=18, 1+8=9