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Ian & Sylvia - So Much For Dreaming [HD]

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Channel: Gary Larson · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Ian & Sylvia sing 'So Much For Dreaming' from their 1967 Vanguard album of that name. The song lyrics are listed below along with some notes on the singers from Wikipedia.

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So Much For Dreaming

Singers - Ian & Sylvia

Little girls dream of castles in the sky
Little girls dream of castles in the sky
A penthouse here and one in London by-and-by
A penthouse here
So much for dreaming
So much for dreaming

It's all very sad, but you're wiser by now
What was she seeking, you gave her everything
And when was the time you lost her and how
When was the time you lost her and how
Did all the giving start going unreturned
Now you've learned you'll never buy her now
You lost her, you lost her
You'll never buy her now, you lost her

Little girls dream of castles in the sky
Little girls dream of castles in the sky
A penthouse here and one in London by-and-by
A penthouse here
So much for dreaming
So much for dreaming

What can you do, all your credits gone dry
No time to be richer, you're poorer with all your things
And she knows by now you continually try
She knows by now you continually try
Paying the piper to make dreams come true
It was left to you, you'll never buy her now
You lost her, you'll never buy her now
You lost her, you lost her

So much for dreaming
So much for dreaming

Songwriter: Ian Tyson

© M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP)

[Lyrics transcribed by Gary Larson]

Wikipedia states:

Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker. They began performing together in 1959, married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975. Ian Tyson, CM, AOE was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1933. In his teens, he decided upon a career as a rodeo rider. Recovering from injuries sustained from a fall during the mid-1950s, he started learning guitar. In the late 1950s, he relocated to Toronto, aspiring to a career as a commercial artist. He also started playing clubs and coffeehouses in Toronto. By 1959 he was performing music as a full-time occupation. Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker, CM, was born in Chatham, Ontario, in 1940. While still in her teens, she started frequenting the folk clubs of Toronto.

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