"Dream On" By Robyn

Thugs and badmen
punks and lifers
locked up interns
pigs and snitches

Rest your weary heads, all is well

You won't be strip-searched, torn up tonight
you won't be cut up, bleeding tonight
you won't be strung out, cold, shaking to your bones
wishing you were anywhere else but right here
So dream on

Thieves and muggers
tricks and hustlers
cheats and traitors
scum and low-lives

Rest your weary heads, all is well

You won't be sad or broken tonight
you won't be squealed on, ripped off tonight
you won't be back-stabbed, double cross, face down
teeth knocked out, lying in a gutter somewhere
So dream on

So dream on

Freaks and junkies
fakes and phonies
drunks and cowards
manic preachers

Rest your weary heads, all is well

You won't be pushed or messed with tonight
you won't be lied to, ruffed up tonight
You won't be insane, paranoid, obsessed
aimlessly wandering through the dark night
So dream on

So dream on

You won't be insane, paranoid, obsessed
aimlessly wandering through the dark night

So dream on



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Robin Miriam Carlsson, Swedish, goes by Robyn. Starting when she was only 15, between 1994 and 1997, she put out three perfect RnB singles, “You’ve Got That Somethin’,” “Show Me Love” and “Do You Know (What It Takes).” From ’98 to ’04 she put out a couple of LPs and some good music, like the charmer above, that was stylistically a little awkward. During this period she often battled with her record label over artistic freedom and identity. In ’05 she started her own record label, Konichiwa Records, and put out an album, Robyn, finally released in the States last year, that is, as I’ve raved b/f, an electro-pop masterpiece. Christgau dismisses her as a Euro Madonna. That’s fine but she’s more b-girl than diva. She’s a spitfire with a heart of gold. And her sense of dance and melody is right now unsurpassed. I adore her and would like to do everything I can to expand her popularity in the US. Spread the word: Robyn rules!