I Remember You Dixie's Dream

(feat. James Cann)

[Announcer:]"The stars of our show, and America's "shiekest" couple,
Eddie Sparks and Dixie Leonard!"

[J:]I remember you.
[B:]I'd like to say that you're in my dreams.
[J:]You're the one who made my dreams come true
[B:]You're usually dead,
[J:]a few
[B:]without a head,
[J:]kisses ago.
[B:]and lots of natives are picking their teeth with your bones.
[J:]I remember, too,
[B:]Oh, what a dream!
[J:]a distant bell,
[B:]It comes at night and taunts me,
[J:]and stars that fell
[B:]and, like your jokes, it haunts me until
[J:]like rain out of the blue.
[B:]I'm blue as your face as the last breath leaves you.
[J:]When my life is through,
[B:]I'll jump for joy.
[J:]and the angels ask me to recall
[B:]and when Winchell asks me to recall
who's a chump and a heel.
[J:]the thrill of it all,
[B:]Who's the biggest schlemeil?
[Both:]Then I will tell them I remember . . .
[J:]"So, uh, it's my birthday comin' up."
[B:]"Yeah, I know, Eddie."
[J:]"But, what do you give a guy that's got everything?"
[B:]"Uh, penicillin?"
[J:]"Hmmm, hey Dix? You ever been married?"
[B:]"Oh, yeah, Eddie, twice!"
[J:]"Children?"
[B:]"No, silly! Grown men!
Tell me, Eddie, what's the most romantic thing a woman ever said to you?"
[J:]"Are you sure you're not a cop?"
Then I will tell them I remember . . . you.
[B:]You
[J:]and you.