“A Kiss to Build a Dream On” is a song composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II. In 1935, Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song called “Moonlight on the Meadow” for the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, but the song was not used. Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be “A Kiss t...
Give me a kiss to build a dream on
And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this
A kiss to build a dream on
Give me a kiss before you leave me
And my imagination will feed my hungry heart
Leave me one thing before we part
A kiss to build a dream on
When I'm alone with my fancies
I'll be with you
Weaving romances
Making believe they’re true
Oh, give me your lips for just a moment
And my imagination will make that moment live
Mmm, give me what you alone can give
A kiss to build a dream on
When I'm alone with my fancies
I'll be with you
Weaving romances
Making believe they’re true
Oh, give me your lips for just a moment
And my imagination will make that moment live
Oh, give me what you alone can give
A kiss to build a dream on
A Kiss To Build a Dream On was written by Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar & Oscar Hammerstein II.
A Kiss To Build a Dream On was produced by Michael Kapp.