Willis Alan Ramsey
Sleepwalkin’


 Last night you know I couldn’t sleep
 I was tossing, turning, and counting sheep
 To tell the truth
 The next thing I knew
 I woke up on the outside
 In the middle of the avenue

 A policeman spied me traffic there
 In my t-shirt and my underwear
 He said, Son, Son
 It sure don’t look good
 The way you’ve been calling for your baby
 All over the neighborhood

 It seems I was sleepwalking
 Again last night
 The way I was sweet talking
 It must have caused a terrible fright
 Last night when I was sleepwalking

 Someone saw me at a doughnut shop
 I was sitting, crying on a tabletop
 It was not a pretty sight
 I was out of control
 The way that I was carrying on
 About my sweet jelly roll

 I said officer please
 My baby’s got me down on my knees
 Lying in bed
 Late at night
 Sometimes I just go out of my head
 At night
 And I go out sleepwalking

 Later on down at the jail cell
 I was hoping things would turn out well
 Because I don’t recall
 That masquerade ball
 And I don’t remember nothing y’all
 About that blown up rubber doll

 So lately I’ve stopped going anywhere
 And I’ve taken to sleeping with a teddy bear
 It’s a very full and rich
 Imaginary life
And it’s sure enough better than dreaming y’all
About any imaginary wife