This Time The Dream’s On Me
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Harold Arlen |
| Lyricist | Johnny Mercer |
| Year Written | 1941 |
| About This Time The Dream’s On Me | |
| “This Time The Dream’s On Me” was written for the 1941 film musical, Blues in the Night which also featured the title song. Blues in the Night is a somewhat film noir musical about a down-on-their-luck band that plays blues music. | |
Lyrics
Somewhere, someday
We’ll be close together, wait and see
Oh by the way,
This time the dream’s on me
You’ll take my hand
And you’ll look at me adoringly
But as things stand
This time the dream’s on me
It would be fun
To be certain that I’m the one
To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon
To see you through
Till you’re everything you want to be
It can’t be true, but
This time the dream’s on me
It can’t be true, but,
This time the dream’s on me.
It would be fun
To be certain that I’m the one
To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon
To see you through
Till you’re everything you want to be
It can’t be true, but
This time the dream’s on me
Session / Album Information
1960
This song was recorded on August 18, 1960 and released in 1960 on the album Tony Bennett Sings a String of Harold Arlen.
This recording released on:
- 1960: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8359 — A String Of Harold Arlen
- 1960: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1559 — A String Of Harold Arlen
- 1960: Philips LP 12″ (Mono): BBL 7455 — Sings A String Of Harold Arlen (UK)
- Sony Music CD: SMSP A 8359 — A String Of Harold Arlen
- 1975: Columbia LP 12″: KG 33376 — Let’s Fall In Love With The Songs Of Harold Arlen And Cy Coleman
- 1990: CBS/Sony CD: CSCS-5244 — Sings A String Of Harold Arlen [Japan]
- 1990: Columbia House Music Collection CD: C22 8015 — The Great American Composers: Harold Arlen
- 1991: Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1993: CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1993: Sony Music Special Products CD: 15056 — Tony Bennett Sings for You
- 1994: Sony Music Special Products CD: A-25008 — The Many Moods of Romance: Night and Day
- 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
- 2011: Disc #18 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK18) Tony Bennett Sings a String of Harold Arlen