I've got a pocketful of dreamsbing crosby- words by john burke, music by james v. monaco- johnny burke wrote this song around an expression he overheard bing using. bing recorded the song may 23, 1938, with john scott trotter's orchestra, and before summer's end it was nestled in the no. 1 position on the pop music charts. the song remained in the top position for four weeks, and stayed on the charts for 17. "pocketful of dreams" was written for the paramount movie "sing you sinners" starring bing crosby, fred macmurray, ellen drew and donald o'connor.happiness comes with successand that i guess is truebut success is more or lessa point of viewi'm no millionairebut i'm not the type to care'cause i've got a pocketful of dreamsit's my universeeven with an empty purse'cause i've got a pocketful of dreamsi wouldn't take the wealth of wall streetfor a road where nature trodsand i calculate that i'm worth my weightin goldenrodslucky, lucky mei can live in luxury'cause i've got a pocketful of dreams-----------------------------------------