ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE 1988 (HQ-856X480) A candy colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper "Go to sleep, everything is. In Dreams Lyrics: A candy-colored clown they call the sandman / Tiptoes to my room every night / Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper / "Go to sleep, everything is alright" / I close my eyes. [10] Like many of Orbison's songs, "In Dreams" rejects the typical song structure of rock music.
[11] It begins like a lullaby with minimal acoustic guitar strums, with Orbison introducing the listener to "a candy-colored clown they call the sandman" half-spoken and half-sung in a Sprechgesang fashion. [6]. A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper, 'Go to sleep.
Everything is all right. 'I close my eyes, then I drift away Into the magic night, I softly say A silent prayer like dreamers do Then I fall asleep to dreams, my dreams of you. In dreams I walk with you.
He begins by referring to "a candy-colored clown they call the Sandman" tiptoeing into his room every night. These opening lyrics were included on Spinner's list of their greatest lyrics of all-time (which is where "she's a very kinky girl" from Rick James' "Superfreak" took #1). This Sandman is the source that puts the narrator to sleep.
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In Dreams - 1987 Version Lyrics: A candy-colored clown they call the sandman / Tiptoes to my room every night / Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper / "Go to sleep, everything is alright" / I.