Standard (EADGBE)

I awake from troubled sleep in the middle of the night

Reaching for the soft hand that once held mine so tight

My fingers touch the pillow where once you laid your head

And I run my hands on the cold, cold sheets on your side of the bed

My head spins from the perfume that lingers everyplace

That kiss, that taste of lipstick left on your pillowcase

And here in this nightmare of darkness I remember the day we were wed

And I clutch and I stare at the tear stained sheets on my side of the bed

My arms ain’t beholdin’ you, my lips hunger for your kiss

And I just stand to go through another lonely night like this

This hands that once caressed you just took a bottle from the draw

It says take one for sleeping but I’m taking many more

What good is there in living when the dreams we shared are dead

And now at last I lay me down to sleep on my side of the bed