Song Interpretation Gifts

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

"That dream catcher may be working a little too well."

'I don't know much about history, don't know much biology ... but we'll be OK if there's a round on song lyrics.'

"Those are the lyrics? How embarrassing—I've been singing it wrong this whole time."

"Who is 'coming around the mountain,' John? Could it be your mother?"

Wish upon a star (well it's worth a try).

"I'm so sorry that I screamed...I had a terrible dream: the kids had to leave college and live with us again...Oh, Ed, it was horrible!"

"Last night I dreamed I caught my tail."

A dream of consequence

"I have a recurring nightmare where the paradigm keeps shifting without me."

Orator translates in many languages.

"Last night, I had the weirdest dream sequence."

"I dreamed last night that I was furious at you for charging me for missing last week's session. What do you think it means?"

"I dreamed last night that I had a job within walking distance."

"Please, no! Not the pit of people endlessly describing their dreams in great detail!"

'Have a couple of dreams, and call me in the morning.'

Interpreter for the hard-to-believe-what-they're-hearing.

"Then there was the dream where I woke up in a pool of melted butter."

"I don't do spells. I'm a wizard at deciphering rap lyrics."

'There are bankers under my bed.'

"Just once I would like to laugh or to frown."

"How long have you had this nightmare of being shot down by a beagle on a flying doghouse, Herr Von Richthofen?"

"Poetry would be way more accessible if they just said what they meant."

'...if you look at it in the right way it begins to make sense.'

Fast Track

'I had that dream again, the one where I couldn't breathe.'

'You say that you dreamt you got a job here?... And in your dream did you have a better CV than this?'