From the 1937 film “You Can’t Have Everything”.
Words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Here we are, two silhouettes in the blue
Here we are, bidding the stardust adieu
Soon you’ll be lost in the glory of dreams
Yet, my lovely one, strange as it seems I’m
Chorus
Afraid to dream
Afraid that you may not be there
Afraid to dream
Without you it would seem so bare
With open arms I call to you
I want you, dear
Just as I reach for you
Why do you disappear?
Afraid to dream
I’ll see you there with someone new
Afraid to find
Another one caressing you
Although you promised me
That this could never be
It’s the thought of losing you
That makes me so afraid to dream
Sung here by Vancha March: