Saw a psychic in LA

Could you be the dream that I once knew?

Why do you have to be a heartbreaker?

Could you be the dream that I once knew?

And if only fools are kind, Alfie

Alright Dionne, if the world ran out of love, would it really matter who you were with, or even if you were alone? Any love you might have with this one special guy (and vice versa) would also run out, unless you are not part of the world?! Love the song, but c'mon!

1969's "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" was the highest ranking tune (up to that time) for the combination of singer Dionne Warwick and the songwriting duo of Hal David and Burt Bacharach. "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" reached all the way to #3 back in 1969.

1966's "Alfie" was another top twenty hit for Dionne Warwick and the songwriting duo of Hal David and Burt Bacharach. "Alfie" is theme song from the British motion picture (that started out as a novel by Bill Naughton -- who also wrote the screenplay) of the same title, which starred a very young, Michael Caine in the title role. "Alfie" would be recorded by many artist, including Cher, but Warwick has arguably the definitive version of the tune.

Refers to Los Angeles, California

Refers to San Jose, California

"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was another hit for singer Dionne Warwick and songwriting duo, Hal David and Burt Bacharach (the song was released in December 1969 and went up to #6 in the charts in early February 1970). And now, Dionne decides to totally swear off love in this tune (that's until near the end of the song, when she decides maybe until tomorrow). It was again set to an uptempo easy listening dance beat. The lyrics upabove are the second verse of the tune. I think Dionne might have been grateful that when she kissed the guy who gave her pneumonia that it wasn't about ten years later (which is gross in and of itself), because she might have gotten AIDS or something even worse (?)!

Dionne Warwick probably comes very near to being the "Queen" of solo singers who had hits with songs that were uptempo beats but with depressing lyrics (although Diana Ross & the Supremes are probably the top group in that category). Take her first top ten hit from 1964, "Walk On By" for example. Written by the reknowned duo of Hal David & Burt Bacharach (who would write even more tunes and hits for Warwick, including two more hits that fit this category) and the only hit by Warwick produced by Phil Spector (long before his criminal dealings) with his "Wall of Sound", the whole song (although uptempo) is about a woman not wanting to show her former boyfriend who dumped her that she's in pain from the dump -- so, all she can say to him is, "Walk On By". Written up above by me is the third and final verse of "Walk On By" with Warwick still pleading to the former boyfriend to "Walk On By".