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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joan Baez
Guitar
Abraham Laboriel Sr.
Bass Guitar
Ardeshir Farah
Guitar
Charles Fearing
Guitar
David Jackson
Piano
Dick Fegy
Mandolin
Isaac Mtshali
Drums
Jackson Browne
Guitar
John "Blackie" Selolwane
Guitar
John "J.R." Robinson
Drums
John Goux
Guitar
John Hobbs
Piano
Jorge Strunz
Guitar
Larry Carlton
Guitar
Laythan Armor
Keyboards
Luther Waters
Background Vocals
Morris Goldberg
Saxophone
Neil Stubenhaus
Bass Guitar
Oren Waters
Background Vocals
Paul Simon
Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa
Percussion
Pavel Farkas
Violin
Ray Phiri
Guitar
Roy Galloway
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joan Baez
Composer
Gene Page
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Spector
Producer
Alan Abrahams
Producer
Lyrics
Speaking of dreams
Here we are in the glistening streets of Gay Paree
Playing the Gipsy Kings
After the rain and taking tea at the Ritz in boots and jeans
With a teenage girl who said that it would be her grandest dream
And speaking of dreams, I really must say
I couldn't have dreamed you up
Nor the way you burst into my life, rattled my cage
And woke my sleeping demons up
You were not yet born
When my career began in '59
We're a sign of the times
Who cares if you are a breath of spring and I am vintage wine
We come from two different worlds
Like every other couple on the Rue de Rivoli
You spent your youth in the rainforests of distant Camaroon
Your father was a Navy captain, I am the Queen of Hearts
And the daughter of the moon
Speaking of dreams
You took me to see the paintings of Paul Gaughin
Speaking of dreams
We stood in the midst of waterfalls, flaming trees
Golden dogs and shining Tahitian ladies
But it was you, not Paul Gaughin
Who stopped my heart and then
Started my life over again
And if you feel as I do
That we've erased the lines between reality
And all our painted dreams
Then take me down to where the Gipsies sing
The songs their mothers knew
Tie bright ribbons in my hair
Lean on the wind and watch me while I dance for you
And carry me off to the rainforests of distant Camaroon
Tell me that you've always know that
I am the Queen of Hearts
And the daughter of the moon
Writer(s): Joan Baez
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