Little Dreamer is the ninth track on Van Halen.
The song was included as a B-Side on the band’s 1984 single, Hot For Teacher.
When this song was demoed for the album, David Lee Roth ended the song by asking, “Are you experienced?”
From Guitar World:
This live staple of the group’s early days shows the polish and comfort of a road-tested tune. David Lee Roth gets the chance to prove he can do more than just wail, squeal and leap around as the band’s hyperactive frontman – on this track, he shows he can actually sing. Eddie offers some attention-grabbing rapid-fire pull-offs in the solo, but he clearly steps back and helps create a midtempo, brooding groove so Dave can have the spotlight.
Lyrics:
They may talk about you cold when you were
Headed for the skies
But you were young and bold and baby didn’t that
Change with a wink of your eye
Now no one’s talkin’ ’bout those
Crazy days gone by
No one talks about the
Times you cried
(Oooh) Little dreamer
(Oooh) Uh, little dreamer
And then they voted you
Least likely to succeed
I hadda tell them baby, you were armed with
All you’d need
Seems no one’s talkin’ ’bout those
Crazy days gone past
Weren’t they amazed when you were
Really last
(Oooh) You are the little dreamer
(Oooh) You were the little dreamer, yeah, yeah
Yeah they talk about you cold when you were
Headed for the skies
But you were young and bold and baby didn’t that
Change with a wink of your eye
Seems no one’s talkin’ ’bout the
Crazy days gone past
Weren’t they amazed when you were
Really last
(Oooh) You are the little dreamer
(Oooh) Little dreamer, oh yeah, oh
(Oooh) Little dreamer
(Oooh) Little dreamer