Feb 2022 folk country americana
I guess it's a song about a dream. A winter dream.
Winter Dream
February 17, 2022
https://www.johnstaplesmusic.com/FAWM2022/JohnStaples-WinterDream.mp3
I've lived a lonely life
up on the mountain
redwoods touching sky
ain't nothing new
but then I dreamed I
saw you by the river
now all I ever think about
is you
if I could hold your hand
I would be happy
to kiss your lips would make
everything all right
if only you could love me
in the way that I love you
I'd hold you all day long
and every night
you wandered through my dreams
as I lay sleeping
you occupied my mind
and all I knew
I pictured you and me sittin'
on my front porch
and all I ever think about
is you
if I could hold your hand
I would be happy
to kiss your lips would make
everything all right
if only you could love me
in the way that I love you
I'd hold you all day long
and every night
oh
winter dream
rip me from my sleep
and make me scream
if only you were really real
and I could just love you
but all I do
is ride this fever dream
if I could hold your hand
I would be happy
to kiss your lips would make
everything all right
if only you could love me
in the way that I love you
I'd hold you all day long
and every night
© 2022 John Staples
JohnStaplesMusic.com
@chipwithrow Mar 2022
I love minor-key bluegrass! Every single thing about this is just right on.
@nancycunning Mar 2022
This is fantastic. The banjo and fiddle your voice and the lyrics. What a great write.
@musicsongwriter Mar 2022
Brilliant song John, dynamic, active, full of character and atmospheric. Interesting how differently dreamy can be perceived. For me it's an idea of something slow and kind of surreal. Yours is full of life and very real yet it works so beautifully. Love your vocals and playing.
@oldlostjohn Mar 2022
Love the rural vibe of this, and how you develop an original and relatively intricate melody while still maintaining a traditional feel. Though in a minor key, the light flow and mild uptempo of the music leaves us in a place between longing and happy dreaming.
@guatecoop Mar 2022
Wow, this one comes right out of the gate swinging! Your melody hits right off. This bluegrass style seems so natural for you. I like that shift in key at the end of the chorus, as I wasn't expecting it, but it makes sense and is a cool twist. I like the sentiment of this one--not that I would like to feel this, but you've captured it really well. Really cool song!
@celineellis Mar 2022
Ive not had time to listen to enough of your songs this past month John!! I really do love your country/americana vibe and how you use the instruments so well together. this song especially, has a great arrangement and the fiddle is just perfection against the backdrop of guitar and mandolin rhythm. the lyric holds such a melancholy almost desperate vibe. and sits perfectly on top of that hopeful arrangement. really great work!
@kathym Feb 2022
John Staples fan club checking in ... year after year, song after song, I don't think I've ever been disappointed.
In this song, somewhere up in the mountains in the deep of winter, the heart of the hermit awakens. We want her to appear to him.
@andrea Feb 2022
The banjo is amazing. Throw in the fiddle and double wow. I like the theme of the lyrics. They are kind of sad, but I love the story. The performance brings this them to life in a lovely way.
@williamjames Feb 2022
Great banjo groove from the get go! Your vocals are amazing as always. Cool lyrics. Some dreams never come true and we have to make our peace with that. Very cool song!
@crisp1 Feb 2022
You have a talent for making music that seems fresh and yet timeless. I love all the rootsiness of this song, but also how you veer off occasionally into an unexpected place, musically, as in the chorus here. Should be a crowd-pleaser if you play it live with a band!
@odilongreen Feb 2022
Toe-tapping excellence. A great song equally at home to be played on a country porch at sunset or in a honky tonk bar, this is catchy as all get-out and just tremendous fun to listen to, even as it touches the listener with the emotional core of longing. Just so well done!
@gwyn1234 Feb 2022
Late to get to a lot of songs up here ...there are so many to catch up on but luckily I arrived upon this one and it is perfection incarnate for people who like me who love some down home country so excellently delivered!
@czep Feb 2022
This is brilliant! I am dancing!
@grayland Feb 2022
Oh Yeah!! That's what I'm talkin about!! I LOVE it!!! The lyrics are very unique.. a guy obsessively in love with a girl from a dream...WOW!! The first verse perfectly sets up the story.... I Especially love the chorus, both the words and chord/melody selection. The play of banjo/fiddle is one of my very the favorite duos and you've done them so very well. The fiddle on the intro is inviting and melodic. I love the different twist your vocals have on this one. Slightly cranked from your normal delivery and it works so damned well for this lyric... Great Job!!!
@sheilerk Feb 2022
This could be playing right now in the mix with some of the greats. Not a thing is lacking, it hits every note (for real and metaphorically). I love the instruments you chose, and your vocals are spot on. I know that person!! This is SO good!
@mikeb Feb 2022
A classic americana song, the fiddle and banjo backing instruments really set the tone and give the song a classic feel.
@bethdesombre Feb 2022
Wow -- such a classic feel to this. This is beautifully constructed and arranged (and I like the chord/melody on hold you all day long is excellent). I like that we can't tell if the "you" is real (and assume that s/he probably is until the chorus) is nicely done.
@lissielou79 Feb 2022
This tune is bouncing, then when the fiddle comes in, it makes me want to dance.
@mjv Feb 2022
particularly like the fiddle, great tune!
@abudabard12514 Feb 2022
Yeah man. This is one of those songs that just gets all the things right. Textbook craftsmanship. Mmm mm
@majordanby Feb 2022
Wow! This is fantastic. The fiddle and banjo playing are so good!! The lyrics are really lovely too.
I’ve woken up and can’t get back to sleep and this has helped to relax me. Really accomplished performance and well written.