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BOB-02 Gimme that Dream
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riding that Harley easy-rider style across the States... or maybe not.. A soft-rock/country-rock number with a dash of irony...
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Country • Country-Rock
Charts
Peak #23
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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February 03, 2009
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MP3 4.4 MB • 128 kbps • 4:48
Story behind the song
riding that Harley easy-rider style across the States... or maybe not..
Lyrics
E ADA E ADA There’s this old guy in leathers – just a little older than me E ADA E twiddle Burning up the highway on his big black Harley A G A GDA Got his woman riding pillion snuggled up tight E open E Betcha he won’t need Viagra when he gets her home tonight A GDA E open E Gimme that dream….. Gimme that dream….. B EB Gonna swap my four wheels for two A AGA ‘sabout time I tried something new E open E Gimme that dream….. Gimme that dream….. See all the bikers in their bandanas and shades Soaking up the splendour of the north cascades They mean no trouble, they’re just goofing around Its just the roar of those engines ooh how they love that sound Gimme that dream….. Gimme that dream….. Gonna grow my hair long again, blow it in the breeze Give life the finger, do as I please Gimme that dream….. Gimme that dream….. A GA A G A But wait a minute, could that be snow E open E Mercury’s falling like dying crow AA G A A G A Icy water freezing my back B D B G E Think I’ll just stick to my Pontiac! But watch then corner, ooh scary Leaning like that’s defying gravity I’m bound to fall off and that’s a fact Think I’ll just stick to my pontiac! So let’s plan for the future, 40 years ahead Swap my mobility scooter for a Harley instead It’ll have to be trike I fear, with those two wheels on the back But watch me burn it up to the senior luncheon shack Gimme that dream, gimme that dream I wanna die a young man’s death At 100 years old like McGough* has said Gimme that dream * as in the Roger McGough poem
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