{"id":387,"date":"2016-04-12T01:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2020-12-16T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T08:19:09","slug":"lyrics-the-man-who-sells-dreams-oceans-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/12\/lyrics-the-man-who-sells-dreams-oceans-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics: The Man who Sells Dreams (Ocean&#8217;s 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka original musical based on the American film series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Terry Benedict:<br><\/strong>My old man loved gambling<br>He ruined himself in the casinos<br>After he wasted all our savings<br>Me and my mother were thrown out of our house<br>In the shadow of the casino\u2019s gaudy illuminations<br>A woman and child were weeping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But once I considered things<br>I realized the casino wasn\u2019t at fault\u2013it was only fair<br>People came to try to purchase their dreams<br>Therefore if I was the one selling dreams<br>I could make sure I\u2019d never lose again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started out as a doorboy<br>Spying on how the big hotels were run<br>Then I bought an old, abandoned casino<br>Once I rebuilt it it was a huge success!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that I resold it for a profit<br>My life had finally really begun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore<br>If it\u2019s to get my hands on what I want<br>I\u2019ll use any method\u2013who cares if it\u2019s legal?<br>But what I have for sale<br>Is the dream of human desire<br>Money\u2013Money\u2013Money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have money you can buy land<br>If you have money you can but love<br>If you have money you can buy youth<br>If you have money you can buy anything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no-one who can stop me<br>I\u2019m not like my old man<br>\u201cI\u2019m not a failure!\u201d<br>By selling dreams I can win it all<br>Even if they call me inhuman<br>If I can come out on top I don\u2019t care what it takes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man who sells dreams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka original musical based on the American film series. Terry Benedict:My old man loved gamblingHe ruined himself in the casinosAfter he wasted all our savingsMe and my mother were thrown out of our houseIn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/12\/lyrics-the-man-who-sells-dreams-oceans-11\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,30,4],"tags":[7,57],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}