35 Millimeter Dreams

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

From the album Ghost Writer (A&M Records, 1977)

 

Garland Jeffreys Ad Ghost Writer 1977

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

And Greta Garbo’s here

Queen of the movie queens

She’s playin’ hard to get

She wants her tea and her toast

She hasn’t got none yet

She just flew in from the coast

But she loves Broadway best

 

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

 

John Garfield cries out loud

And Humphrey Bogart smiles

Bette Davis she weeps

She plays the pure white slave

There goes her Rolls Royce car

Her loyal fans all wave

Here comes a full blown star

But Brando’s still the rave

 

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

 

Bump into Orson Welles

Everybody says he’s workin’ on his script

They say it’s rated X

Mae West will never tell

It’s starring Cary Grant

And Valentino’s vamps

And Charlie Chaplin’s tramps

And Jolie Jolson he chants

 

I got 35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

35 Millimeter dreams

GARLAND JEFFREYS Lead and Harmony Vocals

ALAN FREEDMAN Electric Guitar

STEVE GADD Drums

ANTHONY JACKSON Bass

DAVID SPINOZZA Electric Guitar and Piano

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