I took a walk around the yard

I dug the flowers till 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

I 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."

You 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 didn′t get too far

Then I, I ran down, down 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 look

And I woke up crying in my sleep

I was talking to your pillow

And I reached out to touch your hand

I 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."

You see I just had a bad dream

That′s all that′s wrong with me

You see I just had a bad d