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Painted Dreams
The Classic Crime Lyrics

We painted dreams and how we wished they’d all come true
We hoped for more than pallet brush and canvas could ever prove
Well maybe we could get our hopes up one more time
We’re not the kids we were that doesn’t mean we should be blind

Chasing the painting of a dream
Chasing the only thing that ever made sense to me
Oh, it is hard but it is easy
It might seem wrong but it’s so right

So let us conjure up the feeling
And paint the dreams we used to paint tonight
We flew so high, we didn’t know limits existed then
‘Til we got older and woke up and stopped playing pretend

Well what’s more real than how I feel and how I felt back then
I will dust my paint and brushes off
And I will dream again
Chasing the painting of a dream

Chasing the only thing that ever made sense to me
Oh, it is hard but it is easy
It might seem wrong but it’s so right
So let us conjure up the feeling

And paint the dreams we used to paint tonight
Oh, it is hard but it is easy
It might seem wrong but it ‘s so right
So let us conjure up the feeling
And paint the dreams that used to make us feel so alive

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The Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released their Tooth & Nail debut album, 'Albatross', in 2006. It marked the fastest first-week sales for a new artist in the history of T&N. The band members are Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DuQue (guitar), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Alan Clark (bass), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums).

While touring in support of their full-length album Albatross, the band created the Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions, which was simply a compilation of songs they created while on the road. Read Full BioThe Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released their Tooth & Nail debut album, 'Albatross', in 2006. It marked the fastest first-week sales for a new artist in the history of T&N. The band members are Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DuQue (guitar), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Alan Clark (bass), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums).

While touring in support of their full-length album Albatross, the band created the Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions, which was simply a compilation of songs they created while on the road.

Their next album, 'The Silver Cord', was released on July 22, 2008. With the album being based on the realities of life and death, it signals a move into an alternative genre for TCC. Exactly 5805 copies of 'The Silver Cord' were sold in the first week. 5805 is a significant number because it is a song title on the album and it is the address of the house where the band formed and began to break out.

In 2010, 'Vagabonds' was released.