The Wonderland Variety Playground - Nicotine Dream

One night I dreamed I could see everything
And nothing has ever been the same for me and my everything
When I was but four or five I knew I wasn’t meant to fly but I wished for wings anyway
Never seen and never found forces keep us on the ground; some say it’s just the gravity
But I feel it now: the thinnest air remains too thick, a healthy man remains too sick
The castle sits so high in the sky, invisible to naked eyes, yet children know otherwise
And just like a nicotine dream
I don’t know what none of this means
Like a long-lost childhood thing
I’ll need you in my nicotine dreams
My nicotine dreams
My nicotine dreams
One time, I was ’round seventeen, she was like a beauty queen and I was still breathing
We stepped into the dance sublime
Our bodies and our tongues in time, boundaries dissolving
And though I woke alone like the angel never shared my bed
Her image never left my head
I know if I want to see her again, I just close my eyes and whisper goodbye
And just like a nicotine dream
I don’t know what none of this means
Like the sound of my favorite scream
I’ll hear you in my nicotine dreams
My nicotine dreams
My nicotine dreams
One day when I had turned forty-one I wanted to have some fun
So I up and left my life behind
I walked along the cliffs alone lookin’ down in hopes to see a home
But I couldn’t see nothing
Cold cloud stars behind my back, the edge beneath my feet
I am a man no wife will ever cheat
Heaven’s breath breezin’ ‘cross my face, the golden light of dawn turned gray Welcoming my wedding day
And just like a nicotine dream
I don’t know what none of this means
Like that dead-eyed, razor-toothed thing
I’ll see you in my nicotine dreams
My nicotine dreams
My nicotine dreams
These nicotine dreams

Written by:
Edward Spies, Lou Reed, Michael Braeuninger, Michael Braueninger

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