Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)

Album: On Top (1966)
Charted: 18
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  • All through this long and sleepless night
    I hear my neighbors talking (She don't love him)
    Saying that out of my life
    Into another's arms you'll soon be walking

    Somebody shake me, wake me when it's over
    Somebody tell me that I'm dreamin'
    And wake me when its over

    They say our love ain't what it used to be
    And everyone knows but me
    I close my ears not wanting to hear
    But the words are loud and clear
    Through these walls so thin
    I hear my neighbors when
    They say "She don't love him, she don't love him"
    They say my heart's in danger
    'Cause you're leaving me
    For the love of a stranger

    Somebody shake me, wake me when it's over
    Somebody tell me that I'm dreamin'
    And wake me when its over

    Girl you're what my heart desires
    My whole world you inspire
    I can't bear to be losing you
    'Cause I've loved you my whole life through

    Restlessly I pace the floor
    Listening to my neighbor's criticize
    What a fool I am not to realize
    You don't want me by your side

    As the tears stream down my face
    I can't believe I've been replaced
    If I've ever ever dreamed before
    Somebody tell me I'm dreaming now

    I said shake me, wake me somebody when its over
    Somebody tell me that I'm dreaming
    And wake me when its over
    C'mon wake me, shake me somebody Writer/s: BRIAN HOLLAND, EDWARD HOLLAND, JR., LAMONT HERBERT DOZIER
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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