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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Lead Vocals
Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell
Electric Guitar
Barbara Orbison
Barbara Orbison
Background Vocals
Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner
Drums
Al Kooper
Al Kooper
Organ
Howie Epstein
Howie Epstein
Background Vocals
Roy Orbison Jr.
Roy Orbison Jr.
Background Vocals
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard Kerr
Richard Kerr
Songwriter
Will Jennings
Will Jennings
Songwriter
Michael Utley
Michael Utley
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
Producer
Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell
Producer
Barbara Orbison
Barbara Orbison
Producer
Don Smith
Don Smith
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

In dreams we do so many things
We set aside the rules we know
And fly above the world so high
In great and shining rings
If only we could always live in dreams
If only we could make of life
What, in dreams, it seems
But in the real world
We must say real goodbyes
No matter if the love will live
It will never die
In the real world
There are things that we can't change
And endings come to us
In ways that we can't rearrange
I love you, and you love me
But sometimes we must let it be
In the real world
In the real world
When we were dreaming heart to heart
I wish that we had stayed right there
For when the dreamers do awake
The dreams do disappear
If only we could always live in dreams
If only we could make of life
what, in dreams, it seems
But in the real world
There are things that we can't change
And endings come to us
In ways that we can't rearrange
I love you, and you love me
But sometimes we must let it be
In the real world
In the real world
Written by: R. Kerr, William Jennings

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