Karen Carpenter isolated vocal , with some musical interludes thrown in.
"I Can Dream, Can't I" is a popular song written by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Irving Kahal that was published in 1937.[1] It was included in a flop musical, Right This Way. Tommy Dorsey released a hit recording of it the same year, but it was in the postwar years that the song gained its greatest success. Harry James recorded a version in December 1937 for Brunswick.
The best-known version was recorded by the Andrews Sisters and Gordon Jenkins Chorus and Orchestra on July 15, 1949. In 1975, the Carpenters recorded the song and included it on their album, Horizon. Karen and Richard usually sang their own background vocals on their records, but on this cover, Jackie Ward, Ron Hicklin, Tom Bahler and John Bahler sang them.
LYRICS
I can see
No matter how near you'll be
You'll never belong to me
But I can dream, can't I?
Can't I pretend that I'm locked in the bend of your embrace?
For dreams are just like wine
And I am drunk with mine
I'm aware
My heart is a sad affair
There's much disillusion there
But I can dream, can't I?
Can't I adore you
Although we are oceans apart?
I can't make you open your heart
But I can dream, can't I?
(Music)
(repeat)
I'm aware
My heart is a sad affair
There's much disillusion there
But I can dream, can't I?
Can't I adore you
Although we are oceans apart?
I can't make you open your heart
But I can dream, can't I?