Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund in the upcoming Tron: Legacy Douglas Curran / Disney
好萊塢的血汗工廠 ── VFX,繁華中的衰敗 (1 of 3) Hollywood's VFX Shops: Trouble in Boom Times
By Rebeccca Keegan / Hollywood Monday, May. 31, 2010
如果你想知道是誰讓好萊塢逐漸茁壯的,你得等到電影最後謝幕字卡(movie credit)出現。在謝幕字卡的最最最尾端,在演員及水電工名字後面,甚至在炸玉米餅的小販名字後面,才會出現特效藝術家的名字。他們就是讓超人飛上天空、讓城市掉入汪洋大海中的那一群人,他們讓像「阿凡達 」(Avatar)、哈利波特系列電影等這些依賴特效的電影能夠成真,他們──正是好萊塢中最龐大的印鈔機!
If you want to see the names driving Hollywood's growth, you have to stay for the movie's credits. The very end of the credits. After the actors and electricians — sometimes even after the people who serve the tacos on set — come the visual-effects artists. These are the people who make superheroes fly and cities fall into the ocean, and the effects-reliant films they work on, like Avatar and the Harry Potter franchise, are Hollywood's biggest moneymakers.
在謝幕字卡的位置正說明了這些特效藝術家在好萊塢渺小的地位。諷刺的是,就像他們獻出的頂尖創意、席捲電影票房強大吸金能力。這些特效公司正面臨著多災多難的一年。由於激烈的全球競爭,好萊塢的罷工事件仍宿醉未醒,以及跟其他工作室缺乏溝通,許多特效公司得關門大吉,或是邊減少支出邊載浮載沉地支撐著...。
Their place in the credits says something about visual effects (VFX) artists' place in the Hollywood pecking order. Ironically, just as they are peaking in creativity and propelling box-office hits, VFX companies are facing a crisis years in the making. Thanks to fierce global competition, the hangover from Hollywood labor unrest and a lack of negotiating power with studios, many VFX firms are closing up shop or outsourcing to stay afloat.
Titanic, 2012,Transformers, The Day after Tomorrow
Transformers 2$836 m
Los Angeles
Industrial Light &Magic(ILM)
Gorge Lucas
Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,Twister,Jurassic Park
HP 6’s $934 m
San Francisco
Weta Digital
Peter Jackson
Avatar, The Lord of the Rings trilgy,King Kong
Avatar
2.7 b
New Zealand
Rhythm &hues
Los Angeles
Sony Picture Imageworks
Alice’s Wonderland,Spiderman
Los Angeles
Fundamentally, visual effects is a crappy business," James Cameron told me when I interviewed him for my book, The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron. "You don't make much of a margin. A good year for us was 5%. Sure, we were doing huge volume but at a low margin." In 1998, after the VFX company he helped start, Digital Domain, won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on Titanic, Cameron resigned amid dispute about its direction. Since then, Digital Domain has emerged as one of Hollywood's leading VFX shops, alongside George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in San Francisco; Peter Jackson's Weta Digital in Wellington, New Zealand; and Rhythm & Hues and Sony Pictures Imageworks, both in Los Angeles.
歐盟的抉擇 Europe's Choice By Josef Joffe Monday, May. 17, 2010 ,TIME
上週,希臘得到價值1.1億歐元(1.46億美元)疏貸方案因而獲救。那可真是一大筆錢,但可不是個好對策。希臘的經濟,就像電影「北非諜影」中,從亨佛萊鮑嘉在卡薩布蘭加借來的錢一樣──「一文不值」。(a hill of beans:在美國,豆子是非常便宜的.這也就是說,種在小山頂上的一大片豆子最多只值一、兩分錢。北非諜影中的卡薩布蘭加,因為成為歐洲國家難民往美國的中途站,在那裏,錢反而是最不值錢的東西) 大家都在問:「歐元還能繼續存活嗎?」
Last week, Greece was rescued with a package worth €110 billion ($146 billion) — for the time being. That's a lot of money. Yet in the greater scheme of things, the Greek economy is just a "hill of beans," to borrow from Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. The momentous question is whether the euro will survive.
記者應該只能引用其他人的話,但是請原諒我這個作者一點點的自我陶醉。我曾在1997年紐約書評發表一篇名為「歐元:無法發揮效用的引擎」。文中內以比喻陳述貨幣的危機:不同政府各自行政下,使用相同貨幣政策;就像多頭火車頭,想要使用自己的動能,牽引著同一個列車,往不同的方向跑去。除非是同一個工程師,不然車鉤會壞掉,或者,多頭火車未來將駛離鐵軌。
Journalists should only quote others, so please forgive this author for a little self-indulgence. In 1997, I wrote an essay in the New York Review of Books titled "The Euro: The Engine That Couldn't." It laid out the current crisis by way of metaphor: a common currency without a common government is like "several locomotives, each running under its own power, strung together to make up a single train. Each engine must steam ahead at the same speed in the same direction at the same time." Unless all the engineers behave as one, "the couplings will break," or the "locomotives will go off the rails."(See pictures of the global financial crisis.)
「歐元整合」,這個美好的想像 (rosy assumption) 已然成為單一貨幣政策的致命缺失。為了硬將歐元整合,歐盟也硬是「導果為因」(put last things first),在尖銳的煞車聲響起之前,竟也神奇地維持了十年之久。所有的引擎(國家) 有著完全不同的工程師 (政府),而且他們也有著完全不同的興趣、文化。 德國人遵守著嚴格的財政原則,義大利人有著不斷通膨的經濟和快要垮台的里拉貨幣。荷蘭習慣自由貿易,法國擅長運用國際干預力量。當德國的出口比例高飛上揚,南歐正在失去競爭力,為了維持高生活水準而繼續借款借貸。這些都是因為沒有一個安全的貶值措施可實施的緣故。(safety valve of devaluation)
That rosy assumption of "all together now" was the deadly flaw of the single-currency project. By plunging into the euro, Europe put last things first, and it is a miracle that it took a decade before the wheels started to screech. All those engines (states) had their own engineers (governments), and they came with different interests and cultures. The Germans obeyed strict fiscal discipline, the Italians had grown fond of inflation and a sinking lira. The Dutch liked free trade, the French preferred state intervention. While German exports soared, Europe's southerners lost competitiveness, paying for their lifestyles with ever more debt. And all of this without the safety valve of devaluation.
當然,希臘的債務不應該發生。所謂的「穩定協定」,讓歐盟中的所有國家都被限制在降低「赤字」、「債務」,這樣的困境中。不過,哎呀!糟糕的是,所有的政府當局,都有像是贏得國內大選這樣的重要事要作 (had different fish to fry)。
更糟糕的是,這樣的體制鼓勵不負責任的行為。像是希臘學他的南歐兄弟們一樣,沿用很低的利率。所以他們可以高興地走去當鋪借債度日。但現在,該是付賬單的時候了!
Of course, Greece was not supposed to happen. The so-called stability pact enjoined all members to stick to fiscal virtue — to keep deficits and debt down. Alas, the governments all had different fish to fry — like winning elections. Worse, the system encouraged irresponsibility, for suddenly profligates like Greece paid the similarly low interest rates as their northern cousins. So they happily went into hock, and now the bills have come due.(See how political delays drove up the cost of Greece's bailout.)
只有三個解決辦法:第一個,世間罪人自負後果;第二個,狀況比較好的國家繼續付錢;第三個,放任肇事份子全倒,就像2002年的阿根廷一樣貨幣暴跌。(而阿根廷這樣的國家,也是先前才將貨幣改為統一的單一貨幣制度。)
There are only three ways out: 1) the sinners mend their ways; 2) the better-off keep paying; 3) the worst offenders decouple, go into default and thence into brutal devaluation as did Argentina in 2002 — a nation that had previously chained itself to the dollar in a one-way monetary union.
隨著這個月急救方案的釋出,歐盟已經選擇了第一個 (罪人後果自負)、第二個方案 (其他國家繼續付錢)。歐盟也開始進行嚴格的財政控管,以及軟心腸的1.1億歐元緊急紓貸。當2010年5月3日股市開市,歐元完全不令人驚訝地貶值了!那些投資者們也許還記得阿根廷,阿根廷當年接受了好幾個協助貸款,但只有償還部分,那些債主最後只拿到借出的一小部份金額。
With the rescue package of this month, Europe has gone for options 1 and 2 — for the heavy hand of austerity and the soft heart of ¤110 billion in emergency loans. When the markets reopened on May 3, they were unimpressed, continuing to short the euro. The traders may have remembered Argentina. The country was given several injections of assistance only to default in the end, with creditors getting just a fraction of what they were owed.(See pictures of the violent protests in Greece.)
在公開場合上,原本的支持者DAFFY女士突然冒出幾句詢問,「為什麼開放大量的東歐人到英國,讓我們勞工的失業率更嚴重了?」(but all these eastern European what are coming in, where are they flocking from?)她甚至使用了「 flocking」這個詞。(英英字典解釋:a number of animals of one kind, esp. sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together. )首相面對原本設想好的一片和樂,高支持率畫面,一下被這個婦人打破了,他想要和融氣氛,到了車上想抱怨,說這是場災難。(選前這樣緊張的支持率,原想多製造幾個字漂亮鏡頭的,,這下也沒了。)問是誰安排這場會面的?最後他犯下了致命的錯誤,說對方是「bigoted woman」(英英字典解釋:a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who thinks that anyone who does not have the same beliefs is wrong) 還讓媒體一字不漏的給錄下了。(衛報Transcript)
sweet disposition
never too soon
oh reckless abandon
like no one's
watching you
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
chorus
just stay there
cause i'll be comin over
and while our bloods still young
it's so young
it runs
and we won't stop til it's over
won't stop to surrender
songs of desperation
I played them for you
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
chorus:
just stay there
cause i'll be comin over
and while our bloods still young
it's so young
it runs
and we won't stop til it's over
won't stop to surrender
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs (won't stop til it's over)
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs(won't stop til it's over)
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs (won't stop til it's over)
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a moment, a love
a moment, a love (won't stop to surrender)
9 Carla Bruni – Quelqu’un M’a Dit
Quelqu'un m'a dit【有人告訴我】— Carla Bruni 【卡拉.布魯妮】
On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
我們常說我們的生命是沒有太大的意義
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
就像玫瑰花一樣 總是在剎那間就凋謝
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud
我們常說趁我們不經意間偷偷流逝的時間是個壞蛋
Que de nos chagrins il s'en fait des manteaux
彷彿在我們的憂傷外裹上一層保護
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...
有人告訴我….
Que tu m'aimais encore,
你那時還是依然愛我的
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
有人告訴我你那時依然愛我但….
Serais ce possible alors ?
難道這會是真的嗎?
On me dit que le destin se moque bien de nous
有人告訴我,命運總是捉弄我們
Qu'il ne nous donne rien et qu'il nous promet tout
它答應了一切,卻什麼也不給
Parat qu'le bonheur est porte de main,
彷彿快樂垂手可得
Alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
但我們伸出手,卻什麼也沒抓到
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit ...
有人告訴我....
Mais qui est ce qui m'a dit que toujours tu m'aimais?
但有人告訴我,告訴我你當時仍然愛著我?
Je ne me souviens plus c'ait tard dans la nuit,
我什麼也記不得,那時夜已深
J'entend encore la voix, mais je ne vois plus les traits
我仍能聽到那聲音,卻看不到那面孔
"Il vous aime, c'est secret, lui dites pas que j'vous l'ai dit"
"他仍愛著你,這是個秘密,別告訴他我告訴了你“
Tu vois quelqu'un m'a dit...
你看,有人告訴我...
Que tu m'aimais encore, me l'a t'on vraiment dit...
你那時仍愛著我,有人真的這麼告訴我.....
Que tu m'aimais encore, serais ce possible alors ?
你那時仍愛著我,這會是真的嗎?
On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
我們常說我們的生命是沒有太大的意義
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
就像玫瑰花一樣 總是在剎那間就凋謝
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud
我們常說趁我們不經意間偷偷流逝的時間是個壞蛋
Que de nos tristesses il s'en fait des manteaux
彷彿在我們的憂傷外裹上一層保護
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...
有人告訴我….
Que tu m'aimais encore,
你那時還是依然愛我的
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
有人告訴我你那時依然愛我但….
Serais ce possible alors ?
難道這會是真的嗎?
【歌詞取材自桑桑】
10 Feist- Mushaboom
Helping the kids out of their coats
But wait the babies haven't been born oh
Unpacking the bags and setting up
And planting lilacs and buttercups oh
But in the meantime we've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay
Old dirt road,
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
knee deep snow
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Watching the fire as we grow
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
o-o-o-o-old
I got a man to stick it out
And make a home from a rented house oh
And we'll collect the moments one by one
I guess that's how the future's done oh
How many acres, how much light
Tucked in the woods and out of sight
Talk to the neighbours and tip my cap
On a little road barely on the map
Old dirt road,
mushaboom, mushaboom)
knee deep snow
mushaboom, mushaboom)
Watching the fire as we grow,
mushaboom, mushaboom)
o-o-o-o-old
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Old dirt road rambling rose
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Watching the fire as we grow
(mushaboom, mushaboom)
Well I'm Soldddddddddddddddd
11 Regina Spektor – Hero
He never ever saw it coming at all
He never ever saw it coming at all
He never ever saw it coming at all
No one's got it all
No one's got it all
No one's got it all
Power to the people
We don't want it
We want pleasure
And the T.V.s try to rape us
And I guess that they're succeeding
Now we're going to these meetings
But we're not doin' any meetin'
And we're trying to be faithful but we're cheatin', cheatin', cheatin'
Hey, open wide here comes original sin
Hey, open wide here comes original sin
Hey, open wide here comes original sin
No one's got it all
No one's got it all
No one's got it all
Power to the people
We don't want it
We want pleasure
And the T.V.s try to rape us
And I guess that they're succeeding
And we're going to these meetings
But we're not doin' any meetin'
And we're trying to be faithful but we're cheatin', cheatin', cheatin'
I'm the hero of the story
Don't need to be saved
I'm the hero of the story
Don't need to be saved
I'm the hero of the story
Don't need to be saved
I'm the hero of the story
Don't need to be saved
No one's got it all
No one's got it all
No one's got it all
12 Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
Time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories; They're all that's left you
13 Wolfmother – Vagabond
Oh girl I don't know all the reasons why,
I found the answer lookin' in your eye,
I go out walking all day long,
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone,
Cause I'll tell you everything about living free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
You don't need to know what I do all day,
It's as much as I know watch it waste away,
Cause I'll tell you everything about living free,
Yes I can see you girl can you see me,
Go and see the sorcerer look into a ball,
You may find the answer written on the wall,
The left one was a dancer can you see the answer, Oh
Put her in a mansion on top of the hill,
Please don't make her do things against her will,
I found something special I don't know why,
Looking into her pretty little eye,
Cause I'll tell you everything about living free
14 Mumm-Ra – She’s Got You High
She's got you high and you don't even know yet
She's got you high and you don't even know yet
The sun's in the sky, its warming up your bare legs
You can't deny your looking for the sunset
She's got you high and you don't even know yet
She's got you high and you don't even know yet
It's the search for the time before it leaves without you
Have you lost your mind or has she taken all of yours too?
Whats this about? I figured love would shine through
We've lost romance this world has turned so see through
Open your mind, believe it's going to come to
Keep romance alive and hope she's going to tell you
She's got you high and you don't even know yet
She's got you high and you don't even know yet
The sun's in the sky, it makes for happy endings
You can't deny you want a happy ending
Whats this about? I figured love would shine through
We've lost romance this world has turned so see through
Open your mind, believe it's going to come to
Keep romance alive and hope she's going to tell you
She's got you high
She's got you high
She's got you high
Whats this about? I figured love would shine through
We've lost romance this world has turned so see through
Open your mind, believe it's going to come to
Keep romance alive and hope she's going to tell you
Whats this about? I figured love would shine through
We've lost romance this world has turned so see through
Open your mind, believe it's going to come to
Keep romance alive and hope she's going to tell you
She's got you high
Whats this about? I figured love would shine through
We've lost romance this world has turned so see through
Open your mind, believe it's going to come to
Keep romance alive and hope she's going to tell you
She's got you high!
15 Meaghan Smith – Here Comes Your Man
outside there's a box car waiting
outside the family stew
out by the fire breathing
outside we wait 'til face turns blue
i know the nervous walking
i know the dirty beard hangs
out by the box car waiting
take me away to nowhere plains
there is a wait so long
here comes your man
big shake on the box car moving
big shake to the land that's falling down
is a wind makes a palm stop blowing
a big, big stone fall and break my crown
there is a wait so long
you'll never wait so long
here comes your man
there is a wait so long
you'll never wait so long
here comes your man
16 She & Him - Please. Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
要向大家介紹這部超級好看的電影!戀夏五百(英文片名:500 Days,又名「The Days of Summer) 導演是Marc Webb,據說曾幫Green Day執導音樂錄影帶,是個縱橫各大MTV音樂大獎的才氣導演。導演對電影音樂極度挑剔,每首歌曲無不精心挑選,於是你可以聽到導演的豐富音樂素養、超高音樂品味,套句劇中Summer對Tom說的話:「You got the great taste of music.」(請加上迷濛的眼神)
They made a statue of us
And it put it on a mountaintop
Now tourists come and stare at us
Blow bubbles with their gum
Take photographs have fun, have fun
They'll name a city after us
And later say it's all our fault
Then they'll give us a talking to
Then they'll give us a talking to
Because they've got years of experience
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
We wear our scarves just like a noose
But not 'cause we want eternal sleep
And though our parts are slightly used
New ones are slave labor you can keep
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
The tourists come and stare at us
The sculptor's mama sends regards
They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
Our noses have begun to rust
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
Were living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
3 The Smiths – This Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Take me out tonight今晚帶我出去
Where theres music and theres people某處這些音樂和這些人
And they're young and alive他們還年輕,活著
Driving in your car駕駛你的車
I never never want to go home我從來沒有要回家
Because I haven't got one因為我沒有得到一個
Anymore再更多
Take me out tonight今晚帶我出去
Because I want to see people and i因為我不願意看到的和我
Want to see life希望看到生活
Driving in your car駕駛你的車
Oh, please don't drop me home噢,請不要扔我回家
Because its not my home, its their由於它不是我的家,是它的
Home, and I'm welcome no more,而且我不受家庭歡迎
And if a double-decker bus如果一輛雙層巴士
Crashes into us將崩潰我們
To die by your side死在您身邊
Is such a heavenly way to die就是這樣一個天堂般死
And if a ten-ton truck如果一個 10噸重的卡車
Kills the both of us殺死了我們倆
To die by your side死在你身邊
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine那麼,快樂 - 是我的特權
Take me out tonight今晚帶我出去
Take me anywhere, I don't care請帶我去任何地方,我不關心
I don't care, I don't care我不在乎,我不在乎
And in the darkened underpass而在黑暗的地下通道
I thought oh god, my chance has come at last我想啊,上帝,我的機會終於來了
(but then a strange fear gripped me and i
Just couldn't ask)(但奇怪的恐懼籠罩了我,我
就是不問)
Take me out tonight今晚帶我出去
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care請帶我去任何地方,我不關心
I don't care, I don't care我不在乎,我不在乎
Driving in your car駕駛你的車
I never never want to go home噢,請不要扔我回家
Because I haven't got one, da ...因為我沒有得到一個,Da ...
Oh, I haven't got one喔,我沒有得到一個
And if a double-decker bus如果一輛雙層巴士
Crashes into us將崩潰我們
To die by your side死在您身邊
Is such a heavenly way to die就是這樣一個天堂般死
And if a ten-ton truck如果一個 10噸重的卡車
Kills the both of us殺死了我們倆
To die by your side死在你身邊
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine那麼,快樂 - 是我的特權
Oh, there is a light and it never goes out哦,有一盞燈,它永遠不會熄滅
There is a light and it never goes out有一種光,它永遠不會熄滅
4 Black Lips – Bad Kids
Bad kids all my friends are bad kids
Product of no dad kids
Kids like you and me
Bad kids aint no college grad kids
Livin life out on the skids
Kids like you and me
In Class
We are a minority
Got no
Respect for authority
And won't
Play well with others
And steal
From all your mothers
They'll try
To give us pills
Oh wait
Give us all the pills
Go cry
Mom I gotta go to court
Dad won't
Pay his child support
Well you gotta understand
We only do these things because all we are is
Bad kids all my friends are bad kids
Product of no dad kids
Kids like you and me
Bad kids aint no college grad kids
Livin life out on the skids
Kids like you and me
At home
He throws a hissy fit
Time out
He doesn't give a shit
Got drunk
Off all of grandmas schnaps
Got caught
Runnin from the cops
Toilet
Paper on the yard
Six f's
On my report card
Smoke cigs
In the bathroom stall
Spray paint
Penis on the wall
Well you gotta understand
We only do these things because all we are is
Bad kids all my friends are bad kids
Product of no dad kids
Kids like you and me
Bad kids aint no college grad kids
Livin life out on the skids
Kids like you and me
5 The Smiths- Please. Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
Can make a good man
Turn bad
So please please please
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time
Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad
So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time
6 Doves – There Goes The Fear
Out of here
We're out of here
Out of heartache
Along with fear
There goes the fear again
There goes the fear
And cars speed fast
Out of here
And life goes past
Again so near
There goes the fear again
There goes the fear
Close your brown eyes
And lay down next to me
Close your eyes, lay down
'Cos there goes the fear
Let it go
You turn around and life's passed you by
You look to those you love
To ask them why ?
You look to those you love
To justify
You turned around and life's
Passed you by
Passed you by, again
And late last night
Makes up her mind
Another fight
Left behind
There goes the fear again, let it go
There goes the fear
Close your brown eyes
And lay down next to me
Close your eyes, lay down
'Cos there goes the fear
Let it go
You turn around and life's passed you by
You look to ones you love
To ask them why ?
You look to those you love
To justify
You turned around and life's
Passed you by
Passed you by, again
Think of me when you're coming down
But don't look back when leaving town
Think of me when he's calling out
But don't look back when leaving town
Think of me when you close your eyes
But don't look back when you break all ties
Think of me when you're coming down
But don't look back when leaving town today
There goes the fear again, let it go
There goes the fear, let it go
Think of me when you close your eyes
But don't look back when you break all ties
Think of me when you're coming down
But don't look back when leaving town today
7 Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams
What I want, you've got
And it might be hard to handle
But like the flame that burns the candle
The candle feeds the flame
What I've got's full stock of thoughts
and dreams that scatter
You pull them all together
And how, I can't explain
But You make my dreams come true
On a night when bad dreams become a screamer
When they're messin' with the dreamer
I can laugh it in the face
Twist and shout my way out
And wrape yourself around me
'Cause I ain't the way that you found me
I'll never be the same
'Cause You make my dreams come true
I'm down on the daydream
That sleepwalk should be over by now
I know that You make my dreams come true"