Listen to A Dream Away by The Cars

A Dream Away

The Cars

Rock

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Cars

Performer

Ric Ocasek

Guitar

Elliot Easton

Guitar

Greg Hawkes

Keyboards

Benjamin Orr

Bass Guitar

David Robinson

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ric Ocasek

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Thom Moore

Assistant Engineer

Walter Turbitt

Assistant Engineer

David Robinson

Graphic Design

Ian Taylor

Engineer

George Marino

Mastering Engineer

Ted Jensen

Mastering Engineer

Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker

Producer

John Hughes

Reissue Producer

Clint Clemens

Photography

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Dream away

Five in the morning, all alone in your room

Door locked tight, private moon

No faces to face, no one to blame

Nonexistent inside this frame

[Verse 2]

We better take it on the run

Oh, ooh yeah, take it on the run

[Verse 3]

Uh, yeah

There's a cheetah walkin' high

Liquid whispers, dragonfly

Charleston booties on painted toes

Drop the knot, ivory soul

[Verse 4]

We better take it on the run

Ooh, yeah, take it on the run

Ooh, yeah, take it on the run

'Cause the good life is just a dream away

I said the good life is just a dream away

[Verse 5]

Choke emotion, all lose control

Chicken encounters fill your bowls

The lonely crowd is decomposed

Lost obsession, future froze

[Verse 6]

Well, take it on the run

Ooh, yeah, take it on the run

Ooh, yeah, take it on the run

Take it on the run

Take it on the run, take it on the run, take it

[Verse 7]

'Cause the good life is just a dream away

Yeah, ooh, the good, good life is just a dream away

Ooh, oh well, the good, good, good life is just a dream away

Just a dream, just a dream

Just a dream, dream away

Yes, the good, good, good, good life

The good life is just a dream away

Just a dream, just a dream

Dream away

Written by: Ric Ocasek

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