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If You Talk in Your Sleep

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Words & Music: Red West/ Johnny Christopher
I know you're a lonely woman and I love you
But someone else is waiting and he owns you
If he should ever wake up, make sure that your story is straight love
If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name
And if you walk in your sleep forget where you came

Walking every night here in the shadows
So afraid that sometime he may follow
There's always the chance he'll find us
I don't need to remind you
If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name
If you walk in your sleep forget where you came

Love is so much sweeter when it's borrowed
I'll feel a little easier tomorrow
Don't give our secret away, be careful what you say
If you talk in your sleep don't mention my name
If you walk in your sleep forget where you came

Forget where you came, now
Forget where you came
Don't mention my name
Don't mention my name
Forget where you came
Recorded: 1973/12/11, first released on single

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Deano1 (profilecontact) wrote on Mar 3, 2010report abuse
A funky tune in the vein of "If You Don't Come Back", but with very suggestive lyrics. It is after all a song about adultery. Recorded in December of 1973 and released as single, the song reached #17 and would have reached higher had RCA not pushed the flipside "Help Me"(what an odd pairing a song about sexual sin and I guess the prayer and plea to God to help him). Hindsight is 20/20, but I so wish they would have taken the best 24 songs from the Stax sessions and Palm Springs sessions of 1973 and put them on two albums. One could have still been called "Raised On Rock", but contained "Promised Land", If You Talk In Your Sleep", "I Got A Thing About You Baby", If You Don't Come Back", "Talk About The Good Times", "Just A Little Bit" and "Find Out What's Happening" and been a true rock/funk album. The 2nd album could have collected the strong country ballads "My Boy", "Lovin' Arms", "Help Me", "Honky Tonk Angel", etc and been called "Elvis Country 2".
dgirl (profilecontact) wrote on May 14, 2009report abuse
Good song, one of the better 70's efforts. Much better than all those tired weepy country ballads that seemed to dominate most of the releases.
JerryNodak (profilecontact) wrote on May 14, 2009report abuse
I like it. But I like the flipside more.
mature_elvis_fan75 (profilecontact) wrote on May 14, 2009report abuse
I like the song and agree it should have been a bigger hit,i love the ending,this is another song many non fans have no idea was recorded!
Steve V (profilecontact) wrote on May 14, 2009report abuse
One of the better Elvis post Burning Love songs. A real funky song that was in tune with the times. Should have been a bigger hit but Elvis was so far out of radio airplay at this time it was not to be. A re-release with a newer backing may be a good idea. its too good to be unknown.
Pedro Nuno (profilecontact) wrote on May 14, 2009report abuse
One of Elvis Best 70’s songs. Always one of my favourites, gave Elvis one of his last Top 20 hit, charting as high as # 17, in the beginning of 1974. Excellent studio performance, love the alternate take we have in the Today Tomorrow and Forever Box set. Outstanding live versions too. A fine example of the December 1973 Stax sessions, which marked Elvis last truly committed studio session.
My boy, my boy (profilecontact) wrote on May 14, 2009report abuse
Nice song, good arrangement, fits perfectly for Elvis, the live versions are quite interesting too !
MJB63 (profilecontact) wrote on Apr 29, 2009report abuse
What a low down funky song, may not be his greatest but i'll always listen to it.

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