every night i hope in pray a dream lover will come my way a girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms because i want a girl to call my own i want a dream lover so i won t have to dream alone dream lover where are you with the love oh so true and the hands that i can hold to feel you near as i grow old because i want a girl some day i don t know how i hope she ll hear my plea some way i don t know how she ll bring her love to me dream lover until then i ll go to sleep and dream again have the only thing to do till all my love dreams come true because i want a girl dream lover until then because i want a girl to call my own 