In My Baby's Arms
Dreams Unveiled in My Baby's Arms
Lyrics
Oh, what a dream
Expressing amazement or joy about a dream.
Oh, what a dream
Reiteration of the awe or joy from the dream.
A dream I dreamed layin' in my baby's arms
Describing a dream experienced while lying in the speaker's baby's arms.
Layin' in my baby's arms
Repeating the comforting and intimate experience of being in the baby's arms.
I was layin' in the sand
Transporting to a scene where the speaker is lying in the sand.
I was layin' in the sand
Reiteration of the sandy setting.
Layin' in the sand where the water meets the land
Describing the location where the water meets the land.
Where the water meets the land
Repeating the description of the meeting point of water and land.
When I heard a voice a-calling me
Hearing a voice calling the speaker.
When I heard a voice a-calling me
Repeating the experience of hearing the calling voice.
I thought I heard my baby calling me from the deep
Thinking the voice is the baby calling from the deep.
Calling me from the deep
Repeating the perception of the baby's call from the deep.
So I dove into the tide
Taking action by diving into the tide.
So I dove into the tide
Reiterating the act of diving into the tide.
Searching for my baby in the shadows deep and wide
Searching for the baby in the deep and wide shadows.
In the shadows deep and wide
Repeating the search in the deep and wide shadows.
Oh, what a song I heard
Expressing the beauty of a song heard.
Whoa, what a song
Reiteration of the beauty of the song.
A thousand mermaids singing, boy, you're baby, she's gone
Describing a song sung by a thousand mermaids, revealing the baby's departure.
Boy, you're baby, she's gone
Repeating the revelation of the baby's departure through the mermaids' song.
In a voice so sweet
Highlighting the sweetness of the voice in the mermaids' song.
In a voice so sweet
Repeating the emphasis on the sweet voice.
In a voice so sweet, the mermaids rocked me to sleep
Describing how the mermaids' sweet voice lulled the speaker to sleep.
Yeah, they rocked me to sleep
Repeating the soothing effect of the mermaids' voice, putting the speaker to sleep.
At the breaking of the dawn
Transitioning to the breaking of dawn.
At the breaking of the dawn
Reiteration of the moment of dawn breaking.
I awoke with a tear laying in my baby's arms
Awakening with tears in the speaker's eyes, still in the baby's arms.
Layin' in my baby's arms
Repeating the emotional awakening in the baby's arms.
Layin' in my baby's arms
Reiterating the comforting and emotional experience of being in the baby's arms.
Layin' in my baby's arms
Further repetition emphasizing the significance of being in the baby's arms.
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Expressing emotional or vocal sounds, perhaps in response to the dream.
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Repeating the emotional or vocal sounds.
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Continuation of the emotional or vocal sounds.
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