Charles Mingus
Weird Nightmare (1946)
[Verse 1]
Weird nightmare
You haunt my every dream
Weird nightmare
Tell me what's your scheme?
Can it be that you're a part
Of a lonely, broken heart?
[Verse 2]
Weird nightmare
Must you torment me?
Weird nightmare
This is pain and misery
In a heart that's loved and lost
Take away the grief it's caused
[Bridge]
Can't sleep at night
Turn, twist in fright
With the fear that I'll live it all again
In my dreams
You're there to haunt me
When you say she doesn't want me
I've been hurt
Or do you know what that means?
[Verse 3]
Weird nightmare
Take away this dream you've born
Weird nightmare
Mend a heart that's torn
That has paid the cost of love a thousand fold
Bring me a love with a heart of gold
[Saxophone Solo]
[Verse 3]
Weird nightmare
Take away this dream you've born
Weird nightmare
Mend a heart that's torn
That has paid the cost of love a thousand fold
Bring me a love with a heart of gold
[Outro]
Weird nightmare