IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT, I ASLEEP,
A SCREAM AWOKE ME FROM A DREAM
I RAN TO CHECK THE WINDOWS AND DOORS
BEYOND TO SEE WHAT IT COULD MEAN
EVERY STAR STOOD OUT IN REGIMENT AND DARE
THE HAUNTING MOON MOCKED MY SEARCHING EYE
WITH NOT ONE NOISE NEAR ABOUT TO HEAR
BACK TO THE BED I WENT IN DREAM TO DIE
SOON ONCE AGAIN CAUGHT UP IN A DREAM
WICKEDLY THROWN INTO SUCH SWEET BLISS
SHE TOOK ME IN HER ARMS IN LOVE'S EMBRACE
AND DISCOVERED ME TO HER TENDER KISS
LATER IN THE WAYWARD MORNING'S COLD
MY NAKED BODY BARE THE BLANKET ON THE FLOOR
I AWOKE TO A SCREAM, MY GOD! FROM WITHIN,
I BEGGED TO KNOW THE ANSWER, "WHAT FOR"?
"I WAS AFRAID", CAME A SHAKY VOICE FROM WITHIN
"WHEN YOU SLEEP I FEEL MY LIFE IS GONE FOR SURE,
SO I CALLED OUT FOR YOU TO AWAKE
NOW I DON'T FEEL SO LONELY ANYMORE."