If You Are But a Dream

"If You Are But a Dream" is a song Frank Sinatra under both Columbia Records and Capitol Records.

Under Columbia Records, Sinatra's single release of "White Christmas," featuring The Bobby Tucker Singers, had this song as its B-side. This song peaked at #19 and the A-side peaked at #7.

This Columbia recording was released again as a B-side single in 1945. The A-side of this single was "Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day)," but neither of these songs charted in this release.

Sinatra late recorded this song again under Capitol Records. While this recording of the song was not released as a single, it was featured in several Capitol compilation albums.

Releases

 * Reissues
 * This Is Sinatra Volume 2 (1958)
 * The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings (1993)
 * Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics (1997)
 * The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943–1952 (1998)
 * The Capitol Years (1998)
 * Romance: Songs from the Heart (2007)

Lyrics
If you are but a dream I hope I never waken, It's more than I could bear To find that I'm forsaken.

If you're a fantasy Then I'm content to be In love with lovely you, And pray my dream comes true.

I long to kiss you But I would not dare, I'm so a-fraid that You may vanish in the air,

So darling, If our romance would break up, I hope I never wake up, If you are but a dream.