AMBROSIA - Hopes and Dreams. Live w/ Lyrics
Written by Joe Puerta (w/Hallelujah lyric by Pack) There are a few versions done by the may lineup that Ambrosia has has over the years but this one is my favotrite. There's a an instrumental break right before the last verse/chorus and the boys vamp a bit and it's again repeated again when they vamp out at the end. The vamping includes Joe on steel string acoustic strumming pretty hard, then theres Pack playing a cord melody on his custom green 12 string guitar. The point of my inquiry it to point out a hook that Shem is playing on bass that is just a really cool lick he wrote because he can... See if you can pick it out and once you do that's it. You can never forget it. This is a good thing.
I don't know when it was written but they have been playing it for a long time. It is truly inspirational and needs to have been a big hit!
LYRICS; Hopes and Dreams by Joe Puerta
Seems the reason for your grieving,
Not so hard to recognize,
You've retreated to the comfort
of that tattered old disguise,
And a million Hallelujahs seem to call on you to rise,
To get on your feet and open up your eyes
LIVE YOUR DREAM
HOPES AND DREAMS, those dreams...
That you never realized,
How you put them off for years
Never tried them on for size,
and they'll burn you like the sun
And they'll roll like the seas,
Till you finally set them free
Every doubt you ever harbored,
Every move you never made,
Only kept you in the darkness,
Lets your thoughts alone remain
And the worst of all your actions,
Maybe ones you never tried
It's the ones who seek
that never are denied....
LIVE THE DREAM ..
HOPES AND DREAMS, them dreams
Never leave, they just lie.
Like a song you never sung
Or a place you've left behind,
and the'll burn you like the sun
They'll roll like the sea,
till you finally set them free
Freedom is riding on the things that you choose
Every step you don't take is a step that you loose
Someone is hiding, that's just not you
You're just waiting to see if your dreams all come true
Seems the reason for your grieving,
Not so hard to recognize,
All you needed for fulfillment
Was there right before your eyes
And a million halieuas
Seem to call on you to rise,
To get on your feet
and open up your eyes....
LIVE YOUR DREAM,
HOPES AND DREAMS, those dreams...
That you never realized,
How you put them off for years
Never tried them on for size,
and it's a house call to your soul
Were just holding the keys
Till you finally set them free
They're just dreams