As an all-time favourite of mine, I could (but won’t) launch a Supertramp September of videos, with little limit of great song choices from which to choose (but not many decent clips to accompany). Instead, here’s something from co-frontman Roger Hodgson’s successful solo career, which followed the unfortunate break-up of the British band.

A co-founder of Supertramp with Rick Davies (that pair comprising a partnership a la Lennon-McCartney), Hodgson was the one behind hits like “The Logical Song,” “Give a Little Bit,” “Dreamer” and “Breakfast in America” – lighter, infectious tunes that perfectly complimented Davies’ usually moodier fare.

“Had a Dream,” performed here in 2014, followed a similar style, first appearing on Hodgson’s solo debut “Eye of the Storm” in 1984, a year after the band’s demise (which I still consider the crime of the century).

Lyrics

Had a dream I was born
To be naked in the eye of the storm
And now it’s standing right in front of me
What’s it going to do to me, who knows?

Had a dream it was time
To be taken to the front of the line
Well, that is not a place you wanna be
Sleeping with the enemy, you know

I don’t care what the future brings
Give a damn about anything
I’d be fine, if they’d only leave me alone
But it’s time – gotta take a stance
‘Cause I won’t get a second chance
And I know now I have to make it alone

Had a dream it was war
And they couldn’t tell me what it was for
But it was something they could lie about
Something we could die about, you know

Anytime, anyplace
When you look that man in the face
Well, it is not a face you wanna see
Sleeping with the enemy, you know
Take it, oh

Mary, can you hear me?
Can you tell me what it’s all supposed to mean?
Holding out a photograph of all that I have seen
I wish I could hold you
I wish I could hold you

Had a dream it was time
To be a witness at the scene of the crime
Well, that is something you can analyse
Something you can criticise, who knows?

So we wait, hesitate
And we’re making such a mistake
Oh whatever can the matter be?
Sleeping with the enemy, you know

I don’t care what the future brings
Give a damn about anything
I’d be fine if they’d only leave me alone

But it’s time, gotta take a stance
‘Cause I won’t get a second chance
And I know now I have to make it alone
Yeah!