Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
The closing to Joel’s breakthrough album and The Stranger, ‘'Everybody Has A Dream’‘ is a steady, hymn-like song with a gospel-backed chorus.
Joel wrote the song in 1971. It is introspective in nature, as Joel’s lyrics describe his attempts to rationalize and realize his dreams and fantasies, mainl...
[Verse 1]
While in these days of quiet desperation
As I wander through the world in which I live
I search everywhere for some new inspiration
But it's more than cold reality can give
If I need a cause for celebration
Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind
I rely on my imagination
And I dream of an imaginary time
[Chorus]
I know that everybody has a dream
Everybody has a dream
Everybody has a dream
And this is my dream, my own
Just to be at home
And to be all alone with you
[Verse 2]
If I believe in all the words I'm saying
And if a word from you can bring a better day
Then all I have are these games that I've been playing
To keep my hope from crumbling away
So let me lie and let me go on sleeping
And I will lose myself in palaces of sand
And all the fantasies that I will be keeping
Will make the empty hours easier, easier to stand
[Chorus]
And I know that everybody has a dream
Everybody has a dream
Everybody has a dream
And this is my dream, my own
Just to be at home
And to be all alone
All alone with you, oh
With you
[Outro]
I know that everybody has a dream
Oh, everybody has a dream
And I know everybody has a dream
Everybody, everybody, everybody (Everybody has a dream)
I know that everybody has a dream
(Everybody has a dream)
Everybody has a dream
[Instrumental outro]
Everybody Has a Dream/The Stranger (Reprise) was written by Billy Joel.
Everybody Has a Dream/The Stranger (Reprise) was produced by Phil Ramone.
Billy Joel released Everybody Has a Dream/The Stranger (Reprise) on Thu Sep 29 1977.