A Dylan original written for the 1987 film Hearts of Fire, in which he also acted, and included on Down in the Groove.
The words
A man cannot shake the dream he had about a woman and is restless with wanting her.
The song is a simple, rocking piece of desire: the singer has dreamed about a woman and wakes up preoccupied with her. He describes her with playful exaggeration and repeats the title as a hook rather than telling a story. The tone is lusty and fun, closer to vintage rock and roll than to his serious songwriting. The recording is a driving guitar rocker, short and loud, made to suit the film's rock-star setting.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A man cannot shake the dream he had about a woman and is restless with wanting her.
The song is a simple, rocking piece of desire: the singer has dreamed about a woman and wakes up preoccupied with her. He describes her with playful exaggeration and repeats the title as a hook rather than telling a story. The tone is lusty and fun, closer to vintage rock and roll than to his serious songwriting. The recording is a driving guitar rocker, short and loud, made to suit the film's rock-star setting.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1988
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