This Nearly Was Mine

Bob Dylan ( /ˈdɪlən/; born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in … more »

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One dream in my heart
One love to be living for
One love to be living for
This nearly was mine

One girl for my dream, 
One partner in paradise
This promise of paradise, 
This nearly was mine

Close to my heart she came, 
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
Now, now I'm alone, 
Still dreaming of paradise
Still saying that paradise once nearly was mine

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Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

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