SING TO ME THE DREAM
by Holly Near and Jorge Colon

WHEN YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR LIFE
I DO NOT KNOW THE STORY
THE WORDS ARE ONLY SOUNDS AND THEY LEAVE MY MIND TO WONDER
PERHAPS YOU SPEAK OF THE MOUNTAINS, OR THE CHILD YOU USED TO BE
OF THE CITY SANTIAGO AND THE MOMENT YOU WERE FREE

WHEN YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR LOVE
I DO NOT KNOW THE STORY
THE WORDS ARE ONLY SOUNDS AND THEY LEAVE MY MIND TO WONDER

BUT WHEN YOU SOAR THROUGH MY HEART WITH A MELODY
I HEAR THE DANCING FEET, I TASTE THE SALTY TEARS
I KNOW THE LAUGHING CHILD AND THE MOMENT OF THE DREAM

WHEN YOU SING THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR LOVE
NOW I KNOW THE STORY
THE SONGS ARE MIGHTY SOUNDS AND THEY FILL MY MIND TO WONDER

AND WHEN YOU SOAR THROUGH MY HEART WITH A MELODY
I HEAR THE DANCING FEET, I TASTE THE SALTY TEARS
I AM THE LAUGHING CHILD, SING TO ME THE DREAM
COME FILL MY MIND WITH WONDER
AND SING TO ME THE DREAM

© 1984 by Hereford Music (ASCAP)
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The musicians of Inti-Illimani

Horacio Salinas Alvarez
Horacio Duran Vidal
Jorge Coulon Larrañaga
Max Berru Carrion
José Seves Sepulveda
Marcelo Coulon Larrañaga and guest Jorge Ball Vargas

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