Say, what's in a dream?
What does it mean,
What can you glean,
What can be seen?
When you are deep in your slumber,
The truth may be revealed to you.
Opening your mind
So it won't be encumbered,
You can find your questions answered if you dare to dream.

In the evening when I lay me down to sleep,
That is when I pray the Lord my soul to speak.
In a dream, black and white or in color, (Color schemin')
You can find your questions answered if you dare to dream.

Here's a tale about a naughty lad,
Never fail, he was a haughty cad
We unveil the dream Basheer said he had.

It's time to gather round, y' dig, here's my story:
One snake, me an' a mirror.
Working through the end o' the long day
I'm fried, n' tired, an' weary.
It was a dog day's night in a flea bite motel,
(What a sad motel.)
Lit the lamp on the bedside stand,
I had to junk the tie,
Time to dip into my medical book,
Medicine is my one an' only passion.
(Time to unwind and free your mind.)
Rumbling in the rafters,
(Guess I'll nestle in my chair.)
It's the rats that make my ceiling crazy.
Settle in and light the candle,
Then check the mirror,
Why is it so distracting?
Hey, say, mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the hippest of all?
(Hey, mirror on the wall,
Say, tell me who's the hippest of all?)

Well, let me take a good long look at you,
I am astonished!
Never in my days hanging over these crusty walls and dusty halls
Have I seen such an Adonis.
Look at you,
Handsome and brilliant, too!
You're quite a catch, its true,
All women want you.
You'll cure the world of all its ills,
Your patients will throw out their pills,
You'll be the great physician!
With all the might of Hercules,
You'll bring all fighters to their knees, magician!
Go find yourself a nice, rich girl,
You'll spin her in a whirl.
And you'll say to her,
You're mine, you fine pearl!

Hey, did you hear that thump on the ground?
Man, what an eerie sound!
Turn around and what do I see, but staring at me,
A serpent so profound an' alarming!
He was a cobra
Shootin' a look that chilled my soul.
Fear rattlin' my mind
Our reflection in the mirror there together.

(Death in the mirror,
Serpent and man,
Two of a kind,
What a vision!)

Bitten an' I'm certainly done,
No more the favorite son.
I've come to find my knowledge unkind,
What is the secret potion, I'm a doctor with no notion.
What do I do to labor through this wild commotion?
Lost in emotion.

Say, there m' friend,
I'd thought I'd sit in and spit it with you.
Tell you what I'll do,
I'm onna slide myself over ya shoulder.
What d' ya know,
I'm like a terrifying feather boa! Whoa I'm a cobra!
Full blood, now look here, and listen.

Really ya needn't be so frightened.
I don't bite a lot,
But then again I might!
Ya got a date tonight
Not who y'envisioned.

Won't you trust in me,
Just in me.
Just shut'cher eyes an' you will see
You've never rest so peacefully.
As you will now that I'm around ya.
But oo-wee, look a'me!
Up in the mirror there,
Like a lizard legionnaire.

(Hey, there, slither it hither!)
Thither in ya' thrall,
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
M'crystal ball,
Who's the slickest snake of all?!

Here's a little tidbit,
That ol' snake
He went back to his pit,
Uncoiling minor scales from Basheer,
Freeing him to run away
An' call it a day.
I could just see it!
Not very classy or convenient
But Basheer, like Noah, he never ever wanted to be holding a boa.

(Grab your coat and get'cher hat,
Spit, but baby you'll be back.
Next day, away, disarray!
Dance! like a Bolero without the romance!)

All was taken!
(Why? But your necktie!)

The moral of the story is quite a feat, and neat.
A dream is a mirror of your life that's clearer
An' shed your narcissistic outlook!
No book could tell ya' how t' do it.
Nobody knows till they reveal the foolish pride that makes them hide how they feel.
Sun will display you,
Moon can betray you
Stars might dismay you.
Ego shouldn't get you in a bind.
So you can free your mind.

(Find the answer to your problem,
And behold.)
And behold the truth within a dream.
Happiness is a spirit that empowers self esteem.

What do you do,
When a dream surreal, but so true?
What do you say,
Would you wake up and seize the day?
Tell me, how would it seem
If a vision came in a mad dream?
What do you need
To divine where a dream can lead?

So when it's time for bed and I lay my head on my pillow,
Time to fall asleep.
I pray the Lord above my soul to speak.
In a dream, black and white or in color,
(I'm dreamin', color schemin')
You can find your questions answered
if you dare to dream.

Say, what's in a dream?
What does it mean?
What can you glean?
What can be seen?
What's in a dream?