The Jacksons - Dreamer

* Produced by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
* Composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff

Recorded by the Jacksons, with Michael on lead vocals, for their eponymous debut album, released in November 1976.

Cited by Michael in an interview in 1977 as one of his favourite tracks from the album to sing. "I felt they (Gamble & Huff) could have written it with me in mind," said Michael. "I have always been a dreamer. I set goals for myself. I look at things and try to imagine what is possible, and then hope to surpass those boundaries."

It was issued as a single in the UK (but not USA), as a follow-up to the chart topping Show You The Way To Go - dissapointingly peaked at no.22.

Promoted in the UK's premier TV music show, Top Of The Pops, with a promotional film clip (as very early music videos were called) filmed by the Jacksons, and performed by the group on The Mike Douglas In Hollywood Show and on their own TV series in 1977.


Dreamer - Lyrics

I guess I'll always be a dreamer
Dreaming my life away, dreaming my life away
A romantic fool, that's what I am
I think about you, all day long
Though it's impossible, for us together
Oh it's not real, a love I can't feel

Guess I'll always be a dreamer
Dreaming my life away, dreaming my life away
I just can't wait, till I go to sleep
I'll be with you, all night long
Circumstances held me in a terrible face
It's fantasy, I just like to share these moments together

Guess I'll always be a dreamer
Dreaming my life away, dreaming my life away
And nothing comes but sleep, to a dreamer
And when you wake up the dream is gone away

Guess I'll always be a dreamer
Dreaming my life away, dreaming my life away
Guess I'll always be a dreamer
Dreaming my life away, dreaming my life away