I took a walk around the yard I dug the flowers till it got too hard Smoked my first pack of cigarettes today Then I went down, down to Lucy?s old cafe I put a half a case away Took a sleeping pill and I tried to watch TV But you know baby, the leading lady Looked too much like you for the likes of me And I woke up crying in my sleep I was talking to your pillow And I reached out to touch your hand And knocked the phone off the night stand An the operator said "Can I help you please?" And I said "No thanks baby, tonight there ain?t no help for me, You know I just had a bad dream." That?s all that?s wrong with me You see I just had a bad dream. Went out to loosen up the car Somehow I wound up at the Rainbow Bar I had a scotch and soda on the run But I didn?t get too far. I ran down some friends I used to know, I dragged them out to see the show I ran myself a bath and I tried to read your book But you know baby, this time it just didn?t seem Worth all the time it took And I woke up crying in my sleep I was talking to your pillow And I reached out to touch your hand And knocked the phone off the night stand An the operator said "Can I help you please?" And I said "No thanks baby, tonight there ain?t no help for me, You know I just had a bad dream." That?s all that?s wrong with me You see I just had a bad dream.