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Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang On To A Dream [HD]

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Tim Hardin sings 'How Can We Hang On To A Dream'. This song was first on his 1966 debut Verve Folkways album 'Tim Hardin 1'. The song lyrics are below with some notes on the song and Tim Hardin.

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How Can We Hang On To A Dream

Singer - Tim Hardin

What can I say, she's walking away
From what we've seen
What can I do, still loving you
It's all a dream

How can we hang on to a dream
How can it, will it be, the way it seems
What can I do, she's saying we're through
With how it was

What will I try, I still don't see why
She says what she does
How can we hang on to a dream
How can it, will it be, the way it seems

What can I say, she's walking away
From what we've seen
What can I do, still loving you
It's all a dream

How can we hang on to a dream
How can it, will it be, the way it seems
How can we hang on to a dream

Songwriter: Tim Hardin

© Spirit Music Group

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Wikipedia states:

How Can We Hang On to a Dream? is a song composed and recorded by Tim Hardin. 

Many covers of the song have been recorded by prominent artists of the age, including a 1969 psychedelic rock recording by the short-lived band, Gandalf. A cover version with a choral arrangement by Duncan Browne was recorded by The Nice, as "Hang On to a Dream", on their third album, Nice, and Nazareth on Snakes 'N' Ladders (1989). A closer cover version was performed by Fleetwood Mac on a 1968 BBC recording, released on Live at the BBC in 2001. Emerson, Lake & Palmer covered it on The Return of the Manticore. Johnny Hallyday released a French version in 1967, as "Je m'accroche à mon rêve", with French lyrics by Georges Aber. The Lemonheads released a cover of the track as a bonus addition to online editions of their 2009 covers album Varshons. Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection includes a cover version of the song. Françoise Hardy recorded the song for her album En Anglais under the title, "Hang On to a Dream". The Moody Blues with Denny Laine recorded two complete versions of the song (on April 5, 1966, and July 5, 1966). Both versions remained unissued until the late 2014 UK Esoteric 2-CD boxset of The Magnificent Moodies. Kathryn Williams recorded a cover version on her album Relations.

James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hit "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Bobby Darin, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, The Four Tops, Robert Plant, and Johnny Rivers; his song "Reason to Believe" has also been covered by many artists, notably Rod Stewart (who had a chart hit with the song), Neil Young, and The Carpenters. Hardin is also known for his own recording career. Hardin was born in Eugene, Oregon and attended South Eugene High School. He dropped out of high school at age 18 to join the Marine Corps.

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