Vendor Voices: Vancouver vendor Bernie Bouzane shares a poem he wrote, set to music, 50 years ago
Dream Girl
Every night I go to sleep
And my date with her I keep
There she stands with a face so fair
Smiling eyes and long blonde hair
But comes the dawn and she’s gone again.
Chorus:
Dream girl, dream girl
Can’t you hear me calling
Dream girl, dream girl
In love with you
But what can I do?
Though true as it might seem
You will never be mine
After the twilight time
Cause it’s only a dream
So I’ll keep watching every day
Looking for dream girl
To come my way
And when she does
I’ll know she’ll be
The one that was always
Meant for me
So dream girl hurry
With all your charms
From out of my dreams
And into my arms
Chorus:
Dream girl, dream girl
Can’t you hear me calling
Dream girl, dream girl
In love with you
But what can I do?
Though true as it might seem
You will never be mine
After the twilight time
Cause it’s only a dream.
Bernie Bouzane sells in Vancouver and can often be found outside High Point on Hastings Street, between Slocan and Kaslo streets. Photo by Ryan Lai.
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