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Tom Waits - "Innocent When You Dream (78)"
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The bats are in the belfry
The dew is on the moor
Where are the arms that held me
And pledged her love before?
[Refrain]
And pledged her love before
[Chorus]
It's such a sad old feeling
The hills are soft and green
It's memories that I'm stealing
But you're innocent when you dream
[PostChorus]
When you dream, you're innocent when you dream
When you dream, you're innocent when you dream
[Instrumental]
I made a golden promise
That we would never part
I gave my love a locket
And then I broke her heart
[Refrain]
And then I broke her heart
[Chorus]
It's such a sad old feeling
The fields are soft and green
It's memories that I'm stealing
But you're innocent when you dream
[PostChorus]
When you dream, you're innocent when you dream
Innocent when you dream
[Verse 2]
Running through the graveyard
We laughed, my friends and I
We swore we'd be together
Until the day we died
[Refrain]
Until the day we died
[Chorus]
It's such a sad old feeling
The fields are soft and green
It's memories that I'm stealing
But you're innocent when you dream
[PostChorus]
When you dream, you're innocent when you dream
When you dream
Written by: Tom Waits

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