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To the dreamers

from The Singles by Martin Praetorius

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After "House with yellow windows", which enjoyed some attention on the airwaves in Ireland and the UK, "To the dreamers" is the 4th single from Martin Praetorius' forthcoming album 'It's OK, I'm still laughing!'

It is for those who doubt and for those who dream, which are often the same kind of people.

"Beautiful!"
Fiachna O'Braonain, RTE Radio 1

"The German with the Irish heart."
David Dee Moore, Acoustic Yard Radio Show

lyrics

"To the dreamers"
© Martin Praetorius

You shut your eyes
You want to shed your skin
It feels like something's broken
From within

You shut your mind
And stop making sense
You just wish there is hope
Around the bend

Where the road is open
And the sky is wide
A million stars
Will be your guide
And from the East
It soon will dawn
Here's to the dreamers
Keep dreaming on

Step by step
And rung by rung
At times what seems easy
Can't be done

You close your eyes
And stop making sense
You just wish for a sign
Around the bend

Where the road is open
And the sky is wide
A million stars
Will be your guide
And from the East
It soon will dawn
Here's to the dreamers
Keep dreaming on

And every morning when you rise,
You're starting over, once again
Sometimes change comes in disguise
A riddle to unravel, a mystery to be solved
It won't be long and you'll be on your way

And the road is open
And the sky is wide
A million stars
Will be your guide
And from the East
It soon will dawn
Here's to the dreamers
Keep dreaming on

credits

from The Singles, track released January 26, 2022
Martin Praetorius - vocals, acoustic guitar
Dania König - piano, choir arrangement
Ulrich Rode - electric guitars
Dirk Schaadt - Hammond Organ
Marius Goldhammer - bass
Mario Garruccio - drums

The Dreamer Choir:
Jonna Busch, Dania König, Fionn & Louis Soldo, Martin Praetorius

Dania König, Marius Goldhammer and Dirk Schaadt recorded at their homes
Martin Praetorius recorded at The Gaf, Copenhagen
Ulrich Rode recorded at his own bluhousestudio.com Hamburg
Mario Garruccio was recorded by Achim Albrecht at raum103.de Darmstadt

mixed at The Barn, on the shores of the Baltic Sea in the North of Germany by Martin Praetorius.

produced by Martin Praetorius, co-produced by those who played

Thank you Jonna, Dania, Achim, Dirk, Fionn, Friedemann, Jacob, Louis, Mario, Marius & Ulrich!

The cover drawing is a piece of art an unknown woman left for me after a gig on January 20, 2017 at Nienburger Kulturwerk, Nienburg, Germany.
I hope the original artist will recognize her work, so I can credit her.

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