Lyrics Crying in My Sleep - Jimmy Webb

Crying in My Sleep

I took a walk around the yard
I dug the flowers 'til it got too hard
Smoked my first pack of cigarettes today
Then I, I went down
Down to Lucy’s old cafe
I put a half a case away
Took a sleeping pill and I tried to watch TV
But you know baby, the leading lady
Looked too much like you for the likes of me
And I woke up crying in my sleep
I was talking to your pillow
And I reached out to touch your hand
And knocked the phone off the night stand
And the operator said
«May I help you please?»
And I said «No thanks baby, tonight there ain’t no help for me
See, I just had a bad dream.»
That’s all that’s wrong with me
You see I just had a bad dream
Went out to loosen up the car
Somehow I wound up at the Rainbow Bar
I had a scotch and soda on the run
But I didn’t get too far
And I, I ran down
To some friends I used to know
I dragged them out to see the show
I ran myself a bath and I tried to read your book
But you know baby, this time it just didn’t seem
Worth all the time it took
And I woke up crying in my sleep
I was talking to your pillow
And I reached out to touch your hand
And knocked the phone off the night stand
The operator said «May I help you please?»
And I said «No thanks baby, tonight there ain’t no help for me
See, I just had a bad dream.»
I woke up cryin'
Cryin' and try’na find me, babe
Cryin' and try’na find me, babe
Cryin' and try’na find me, babe
Cryin' and try’na find me, babe
Cryin' and try’na find me, babe