McCorkle was born in Berkeley, California. She studied modern languages at the University of California, Berkeley. McCorkle began singing professionally after hearing recordings of Billie Holiday in Paris in the late 1960s. She nearly became an interpreter at the European Commission in Brussels, but moved instead to London in 1972 to pursue a career in singing. While in the UK, she made two albums which, although well received, enjoyed only limited circulation.
In the late 1970s, McCorkle returned to the United States and settled in New York City, where a five-month engagement at the Cookery in Greenwich Village brought her to wider public attention and elicited rave reviews from critics.
During the 1980s, McCorkle continued to record; her maturing style and the darkening timbre of her voice greatly enhanced her performances. In the early 1990s, two of the albums McCorkle made for Concord Records, No More Blues and Sábia, were enormously successful and made her name known to the wider world. She was recorded by the Smithsonian Institution which at the time made her the youngest singer ever to have been included in its popular music series. McCorkle played Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls five times and Carnegie Hall three times, and was featured soloist with Skitch Henderson and the 80-piece New York Pops in a concert of Brazilian music.
Thanks to her linguistic skills, McCorkle translated lyrics of Brazilian, French, and Italian songs, notably those for her Brazilian album Sabia. McCorkle also had several short stories published and, in 1991, began work on her first novel. She published fiction in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and non-fiction in the New York Times Magazine and in American Heritage, including lengthy articles on Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Irving Berlin and Mae West.
McCorkle suffered for many years from depression and cancer, and took her own life at age 55 by leaping off the balcony of her highrise Manhattan apartment. She was alone in her home at the time. The police immediately entered her home after identifying her body and found no foul play. Suicide was ruled the cause of death.
This Time The Dream's On Me / Dream
Susannah McCorkle Lyrics
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Well be close together, wait and see
Oh by the way,
This time the dreams on me
You take my hand
And you look at me adoringly
But as things stand
It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon
To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true, but
This time the dreams on me
It would be fun
To be certain that I'm the one
To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon
To see you through
Till you're everything you want to be
It can't be true, but
This time the dreams on me
In Susannah McCorkle's song "This Time The Dream's On Me," the lyrics speak of a dream-like scenario where the two lovers are reunited once again. The singer talks about the promise of being together soon and the anticipation of the union. She tells her lover that this time, the dream is on her, implying that she will do everything in her power to make the dream a reality.
The song's chorus conveys the singer's desire to be the person that her lover leans on, cries on, and seeks comfort from. She wants to support and encourage her partner to achieve all that he dreams of becoming. The singer acknowledges the unlikeliness of these circumstances but still has hope and dreams about the possibilities.
The song's underlying tone is one of longing, hope, and dreams. The lyrics express the singer's desire to have a deep and meaningful relationship with the person she loves, and she is willing to do everything to make that happen. Though the dream remains an improbability, the singer is optimistic that someday, it will come true.
Line by Line Meaning
Somewhere, someday
At some point in the future, we will be together in a specific place.
Well be close together, wait and see
We will be near each other soon enough, just be patient.
Oh by the way,
As a side note,
This time the dreams on me
I will take on the responsibility of making our dreams come true.
You take my hand
You grab my hand and hold it.
And you look at me adoringly
You gaze at me with deep love and affection.
But as things stand
The current situation is this:
This time the dreams on me
I will bear the burden of making our desires a reality.
It would be fun
It would bring me joy
To be certain that I'm the one
To know for sure that I'm the person you want.
To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon
To know that I'm the one you turn to when you need emotional support.
To see you through
To help you get through difficult times
Till you're everything you want to be
Until you have achieved all your aspirations.
It can't be true, but
It seems unlikely, but still,
This time the dreams on me
I will take it upon myself to make our fantasies a reality.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: HAROLD ARLEN, JOHNNY MERCER
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