Crying in My Sleep
Dreams Haunting, Heartache Unveiled: Art Garfunkel's Melancholic Night
Lyrics
I took a walk around the yard
Took a reflective walk in the yard
I dug the flowers till it got too hard
Engaged in gardening until it became difficult
Smoked my first pack of cigarettes today
Smoked the first pack of cigarettes today
Then I went down, down to Lucy?s old cafe
Visited Lucy's old cafe
I put a half a case away
Consumed half a case of something
Took a sleeping pill and I tried to watch TV
Took a sleeping pill and attempted to watch TV
But you know baby, the leading lady
The leading lady on TV resembled someone important
Looked too much like you for the likes of me
Unsettled by the TV resemblance to someone
And I woke up crying in my sleep
Woke up crying from a distressing dream
I was talking to your pillow
Talked to your pillow in distress
And I reached out to touch your hand
Reached out to touch your hand (in the dream)
And knocked the phone off the night stand
Knocked the phone off the nightstand in the dream
An the operator said "Can I help you please?"
Operator offered help in the dream
And I said "No thanks baby, tonight there ain't no help for me
Declined help, expressing there's no help for the emotional pain
You know I just had a bad dream."
Emphasizes it was just a bad dream causing distress
That's all that's wrong with me
Explains the source of emotional turmoil is the bad dream
You see I just had a bad dream
Reiterates it's just a bad dream causing the emotional state
Went out to loosen up the car
Went out to attend to the car
Somehow I wound up at the Rainbow Bar
Ended up at the Rainbow Bar unexpectedly
I had a scotch and soda on the run
Had a scotch and soda hastily
But I didn't get too far
Didn't get far, suggesting a sense of limitation
I ran down some friends I used to know
Connected with old friends
I dragged them out to see the show
Took them to see a show or performance
I ran myself a bath and I tried to read your book
Ran a bath and attempted to read a book
But you know baby, this time it just didn't seem
Expressed dissatisfaction with the book this time
Worth all the time it took
Thought it wasn't worth the time invested
And I woke up crying in my sleep
Woke up crying again from a distressing dream
I was talking to your pillow
Talked to your pillow again in distress
And I reached out to touch your hand
Reached out to touch your hand (in the dream) again
And knocked the phone off the night stand
Knocked the phone off the nightstand again in the dream
An the operator said "Can I help you please?"
Operator offered help again in the dream
And I said "No thanks baby, tonight there ain't no help for me
Declined help again, expressing there's no help for the emotional pain
You know I just had a bad dream."
Reiterates it was just a bad dream causing distress
That's all that's wrong with me
Explains the source of emotional turmoil is the bad dream
You see I just had a bad dream
Reiterates it's just a bad dream causing the emotional state
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