Lyrics

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

I keep your photograph by my bed to remind me

That I was part of your life

I say my prayers to the sandman

That he'll find me fast asleep

Sleep has always been kind

And in my dreams you'll always be mine

But in the morning when I wake

I remember that my heart does ache

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

I admit that I did my bit to deceive you

But sometimes I was afraid

That this day would come

How could you just leave me all alone now

I have always been strong

So I know that I can go on

But right now I feel so dead inside

Oh sleep come to me, cause that's where I hide

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

All that I have, all that I ask

All my dreams, they fade so fast

Don't wake me up, not today

All my dreams will fade away

And I want him, and I need him

I can't live and I'd die just to see him

Just to feel his hands on my face

Smell his skin, and his warm embrace

Cause it's all that I have

And it's fading so fast

Mmmm, mmmm

Uh, uh huh

Now I have always been strong

So I know that I can go on

But right now I feel so dead inside

Oh sleep come to me, cause that's where I hide

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

Was it just a dream?

Did I feel your devotion?

Dreams are never what they seem

Did we just go through the motions?

All that I have, all that I ask

All my dreams, they fade so fast

Don't wake me up, not today

All my dreams will fade away

(Was it just a dream?)

And I want him, and I need him

I can't live and I'd die just to see him

Don't wake me up, not today

All my dreams will fade away

(Was it just a dream?)

All that I have, all that I ask

All my dreams, they fade so fast

Don't wake me up, not today

All my dreams will fade away

(repeat and fade)

Credits

Written by Madonna and Patrick Leonard

Produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard

Vocals by Donna DeLory

Background vocals by Madonna

Album

Donna DeLory

Song

Madonna and Pat Leonard wrote this song for Donna DeLory, who's also Madonna's longtime backup singer. On this track they change roles, as Madonna does backing vocals. The song appeared on Donna's eponymous album in 1992.