traffic, “dear mr.fantasy”
from:mr. fantasy, 1967
“Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don’t be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn’t have known you all these years
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy
You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears
Please don’t be sad if it was a straight mind you had
We wouldn’t have known you all these years, hee think about it
”
Not yet 19-year-old Steve Winwood banded together with three 22 year olds in 1967 (Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason) and formed the group Traffic. Dear Mr. Fantasy is from their first album. A song by Dave Mason, Hole in My Shoe, which was never performed live was considered too poppy/commercial for the other members and ultimately Mason left the band. The influence of psychedelia is evident in this song whose lyrics were by Capaldi and music by Winwood and Wood.
-Alan West-
