When You Dream Lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

With life just begun, my sleeping new son 

Has eyes that roll back in his head 

They flutter and dart, he slows down his heart 

And pictures a world past his bed 

It's hard to believe 

As I watch you breathe 

Your mind drifts and weaves 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

Do you dream about 

Music or mathematics 

Or planets too far for the eye? 

Do you dream about 

Jesus or quantum mechanics 

Or angels who sing lullabies? 

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His fontanelle pulses with lives that he's lived 

With memories he'll learn to ignore 

And when it is closed, he already knows 

He's forgotten all he knew before 

But when sleep sets in 

History begins 

But the future will win 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

Are they colour or black and white, 

Yiddish or English 

Or languages not yet conceived? 

Are they silent or boisterous? 

Do you hear noises just 

Loud enough to be perceived? 

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Do you hear Del Shannon's "Runaway" playing 

On transistor radio waves? 

With so little experience, 

You mind not yet cognizant 

Are you wise beyond your few days? 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? 

When you dream, (What do you dream about?) 

What do you dream about? 

When you dream, 

What do you dream about? (What do you dream about?) 

When you dream...