Sweet Dreams

Album: I Am…Sasha Fierce (2009)
Charted: 5 10
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  • Turn the lights on

    Every night I rush to my bed
    With hopes that maybe I'll get a chance to see you
    When I close my eyes, I'm going out of my head
    Lost in a fairytale, can you hold my hands and be my guide?

    Clouds filled with stars cover your skies
    And I hope it rains
    You're the perfect lullaby
    What kinda dream is this?

    You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you (turn the lights on)
    Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Somebody, pinch me, your love's too good to be true (turn the lights on)
    My guilty pleasure, I ain't going nowhere
    Baby, 'long as you're here, I'll be floating on air 'cause you're my
    You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you (turn the lights on)

    I mention you when I say my prayers
    I wrap you around all of my thoughts
    Boy, you're my temporary high
    I wish that when I wake up you're there
    To wrap your arms around me for real
    And tell me you'll stay by side

    Clouds filled with stars cover the skies (cover the skies)
    And I hope it rains, you're the perfect lullaby
    What kinda dream is this?

    You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you (turn the lights on)
    Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Somebody, pinch me, your love's too good to be true (turn the lights on)
    My guilty pleasure, I ain't going nowhere
    Baby, 'long as you're here, I'll be floating on air 'cause you're my
    You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you (turn the lights on)

    Tattoo your name across my heart
    So it will remain
    Not even death can make us part
    What kind of dream is this?

    You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you (turn the lights on)
    Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Somebody, pinch me, your love's too good to be true (turn the lights on)
    My guilty pleasure, I ain't going nowhere
    Baby, 'long as you're here, I'll be floating on air 'cause you're my
    You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you (turn the lights on)

    Either way I don't wanna wake up from you Writer/s: Beyonce Giselle Knowles, James Scheffer, Richard Preston Butler, Wayne Andrew Wilkins
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Jay from FncThis song is beautiful and helps propel my passion into her warm embrace, I pretend to sing this song at karaoke and wonder if I can access the inner agency to which I sing in the shower. love my return to normal following the pandemics and facemasks, thank you all for this journey
  • Fido from Toronto, OnI love this song. Beyonce's top picks!
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