DARN THAT DREAM
From the Broadway musical "Swingin' The Dream"
(Jimmy Van Heusen / Edgar De Lange)

Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Mildred Bailey) - 1940
Blue Barron & His Orch. (vocal: Tommy Ryan) - 1940 
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Anita Boyer) - 1940
Billie Holiday - 1940
 

Darn that dream
I dream each night
You say you love me and hold me tight
But when I awake and you're out of sight
Oh, darn that dream

Darn your lips and darn your eyes
They lift me high above the moonlit sky
Then I tumble out of paradise
Oh, darn that dream

Darn that one track mind of mine
It can't understand that you don't care
Just to change the mood I'm in
I'd welcome a nice old nightmare

Darn that dream
And bless it too
Without that dream I never have you
But it haunts me and it won't come true

Oh, darn that dream