Last night you know I couldn't sleep
I was tossing, turning, and counting sheep
To tell the truth, the next thing I knew
I woke up on the outside in the middle of the avenue

A policeman spied me traffic there
In my t-shirt and my underwear
He said, "Son, son, it sure don't look good
The way you've been calling for your baby all over the neighborhood"

It seems I was sleepwalking again last night
The way I was sweet talking
It must have caused a terrible fright
Last night when I was sleepwalking

Someone saw me at a doughnut shop
I was sitting, crying on a tabletop
It was not a pretty sight, I was out of control
The way that I was carrying on about my sweet jelly roll

I said, "Officer please, my baby's got me down on my knees
Lying in bed late at night
Sometimes I just go out of my head at night
And I go out sleepwalking"

Later on down at the jail cell
I was hoping things would turn out well
Because I don't recall that masquerade ball
And I don't remember nothing, y'all
About that blown-up rubber doll
So lately I've stopped going anywhere
And I've taken to sleeping with a teddy bear
It's a very full and rich imaginary life
And it's sure enough better than dreaming, y'all
About any imaginary wife