We All Sleep Alone

I told Diggy Kat if he kept this song in the top ten, I post the lyrics and dang if it didn't top the top ten at Lucky Star Radio.  This week's edition of the top ten on Lucky Star Radio is a who's who of music plus some of the exciting new bands coming up. Pet Engine's song rocks, Rob Nichols and Songbirds too. We'll forgive them for 18 And Life.

Some notes about my biggest hit ever. Jack Orbit and I wrote some of the lyrics way back in the 1990s but sat on it till I was working out the G C chords at the beginning and as you can tell it's a very simple song about the struggles of love and keeping it together.  Men want one thing, women another and we never seem to get on the same page.  The second verse was updated with a few twists and turns about the he said she said thing.  And getting to the chorus, which basically the break up. (What do you look for when you open that door and find yourself alone, you'll compromise).  At that point gone and gone and there's nothing left to compromise.

The chorus was out of the blue, the what do you look for segment really came up on the spot, that wasn't planned when the recording was laid down, nor the sing along chorus.  Upon mixing the album, Martin kinda left the singalong further in the mix, a new single version has the vocals up further.  Once that is delivered to my A and R guy, I'm sure he'll put it to better use. By then, the song will probably be out of the top ten when that happens.  I never did plan on having this song being number 1 or anything, but since they decided upon that I guess I should learn this better for future shows.

Funny thing about this song and the album Forthcoming Trains is how I continued to promote it, over a year after its release.  Usually I'm on the next effort but I have loved most of the songs off this album and continue to tout this while driving Martin and company up the wall with the inactivity of the new album.  I promise things are getting done as we speak.   It's a special feeling to have a number 1 song anywhere, a reward for working on songs in my little tight music room upstairs.  I don't expect We All Sleep Alone being played on Corporate Rock Radio, or even NPR although the latter would be incentive for me to get off my butt and play live more often.  I may have to quiz Diggy Kat on the reason why this is still on top of the charts the past three weeks.  But as long there's proof of it being number 1 on the charts, damn right I'm going to document it. 

I guess it's the best of 2015 on Lucky Star Radio and thanks to all who listened and supported this song.


We All Sleep Alone


Well I'm surprised to see you here
Must have taken some effort to conquer your fear
Not that I'm the first to tell you so
But it seems like you're the last to know
Now if you're looking for that perfect man
Then you're simply on the wrong planet
The pieces of that puzzle are never complete
So maybe you should wake up from that dream

And we all sleep alone
A reason that is known
And we never get this right
When you sitting right by my side
So what do you look for
When you open that door
and find yourself alone you'll compromise

She says we never agree on anything
It's guys like you who make love such a pain
And if you think you got the key to my heart
You better sober up cause you're drunk
I said you may not want to admit to this
But I bet you'll dream about me tonight
She said ain't you got the other way around my friend
I may say you're wrong but you know that I'm right

And we all sleep alone
A reason that is known
And we never get this right
When you're sitting right by my side
So what do you look for
When you open that door
And find yourself alone you'll compromise

You'll compromise

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