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I Go To Sleep

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I Go To Sleep Lyrics

When I look up from my pillow
I dream you are there with me
Though you are far away
I know you'll always be near to me

I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I got to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

I look around me
And feel you are ever so close to me
Each tear that flows from my eye
Brings back memories of you to me

I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I got to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

I was wrong, I will cry
I will love you till the day I die
You were all, you alone and no one else
You were meant for me

When morning comes again
I have the loneliness you left me
Each day drags by
Until finally night-time descends on me

I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I got to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

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spliphstar On Jan 23, 2002

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2002-01-23 15:33:51

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by azwethinkweizm

23y ago

my friends put this on a mix cd they made for me on my 18th bday cos i sleep alot ahah... turns out its not a bad song :)

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by LolaBat

21y ago

Ray Davies of the Kinks wrote this. Check out their version...

He also wrote Stop Your Sobbing which the pretenders also covered.

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by LolaBat

21y ago

I meant to add that one fo the reasons I checked out the pretenders to begin with when they first came out, was because they covered Kinks songs and the Kinks are my favorite band. Chrissie Hynde really has done justice to their tunes and the pretenders became one of my all time favorite bands as well.

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by missme

21y ago

Gorgeous song...obv. about missing someone, them leaving you...

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