SUSAN'S DREAM

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Song Title
SUSAN'S DREAM
Writers
Weill, Lerner
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%
Territory Controlled
US
Themes/Keywords
1940's, Children, Dream, Drinking, Frustration, Home, Marriage, Upset
Lyrics
1st CHORUS
Susan, she had a husband man to make a home for,
Made it shine because she loved him so.
Susan got lucky with the Lord and had some children,
Gave ‘em all her heart to help ‘em grow.
But now and then her man went drinkin’;
The kids got sick and cried till morn!
And now and then Susan, oh Susan, plumb got tired of home and livin’
And began to wish she’d not been born.

And then one night she was all wearied out,
The kids had worn her ragged and her man was not about,
And she flopped on her knees by the side of her bed
And she wiped her flaming eyes and looked up and said,
“Oh, God, let ‘em sleep and when I sleep let me see
A heavenly dream of the way life could be.
That’s all that I want, so do that for me.
When I sleep let me dream of the way life should be.”
Then she got into bed and her achin’ slipped away,
And soon she was asleep and she heard a voice say,
“Susan, oh Susan, I heard you pray,
Susan, oh Susan, you shall have your way.
There’s good in your soul and so you shall see
The dream that you want of the way life should be.”

2nd CHORUS
And Susan then dreamed she had a man to make a home for;
Made it shine because she loved him so.
Susan, she dreamed she had a pair of angel children,
Gave ‘em all her heart to help ‘em grow.
And now and then her man went drinkin’,
The kids got sick or acted bad.
And suddenly Susan woke up and with a sob she started smilin’
And she felt no longer blue and sad.
Susan dreamed exactly what she had.

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