"If you want the rainbow,
you must tolerate the rain,
and if you wanna be somebody,
be ready any day
for the chance
to catch it like a dream,
but things aren't always
what they seem to be.
'Cause on any given day,
you could spark the change,
but you'll ignore the struggle
and you'll stay the same.
You need leisure dreams.
You need a song to sing.
Sometimes it gets too much,
you get by on my touch
and that's wrong,
but I hope you understand.
These fever dreams won't last long,
and we can both move on.
If you can shape it in your mind,
then you can find it in your life,
just don't over-think,
and roll with the tide.
If love is just a word,
then you don't have to believe,
but there's more to life than rolling in sheets.
I need leisure dreams.
I need a song to sing.
Sometimes it gets too much,
I get by on your touch,
and that's wrong,
but I hope you understand.
These fever dreams won't last long,
and we can both move on.
I beg for the struggle,
so that I can grow.
And I hope for a life,
full of love for everyone I know.
'Cause we all need leisure dreams.
We all need a song to sing,
'Cause sometimes it gets too much,
we get by on a touch,
and that's wrong.
I hope we understand
that these fever dreams can't last long,
and we can both move on...."
credits
from Leisure Dreams,
released September 29, 2015
Bradley Thomas wrote and performed all of the vocals, guitars, bass, drums, piano, synth, bells, and auxiliary percussion.
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