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LTC Stephen F.
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Belated thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the music video of Fleetwood Mac performing "Dreams"

Song facts "Stevie Nicks wrote this song in 1976 in about 10 minutes. The rest of the band didn't like it when she first played it to them with Christine McVie describing the song as having "just three chords and one note in the left hand" and "boring". They changed their mind after Lindsey Buckingham "fashioned three sections out of identical chords, making each section sound completely different", but still being one song.
The line "Players only love you when they're playing" is about Lindsey Buckingham. Stevie Nicks recalled to The Daily Mail in October 2009, "I walked in and handed a cassette of the song to Lindsey. ...Even though he was mad with me at the time, Lindsey played it and then looked up at me and smiled. What was going on between us was sad. We were couples who couldn't make it through. But, as musicians, we still respected each other - and we got some brilliant songs out of it."
"Dreams" was released as the second single from the album in the United States and as the third single in the United Kingdom. The song reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA becoming the band's only number-one single there. "

"Dreams" written by Stevie Nicks
Lyrics
"Now here you go again
You say you want your freedom
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should
Play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness

Like a heartbeat... drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost...
And what you had...
And what you lost

Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say... Women... they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean... you'll know, you'll know

Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me
Who wants to wrap around your dreams and...
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Dreams of loneliness...

Like a heartbeat... drives you mad...
In the stillness of remembering what you had...
And what you lost...
And what you had...
And what you lost

Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know

Oh, thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you'll know
You will know, you'll know "

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CW5 Jack Cardwell
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You're very welcome!
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Good music. It's raining here too.
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CW5 Jack Cardwell
CW5 Jack Cardwell
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Lights have been flickering, thunder still rumbling..
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