YOU KEPT ME AWAKE
Words and Music by JIM REEVES

You kept me awake last night,
Thought about you 'til broad daylight.
If you ask me, it just ain't right,
This keeping me awake last night.

How you expect a poor guy to last
With nothing but a lonesome past.
Though you're gone, you're never out of sight,
You kept me awake last night.

I was fooling myself by going to bed
'Cause I saw your face in the book that I read.
I held my pillow and whispered, "sleep tight,"
But you kept me awake last night.

When twilight came I said goodbye to the sun
Then thought about all the sweet things you've done.
I know the same thing will happen tonight,
You kept me awake last night.


Copyright 1961 by Tree Publishing Co., Inc.

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