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If You Talk in Your Sleep

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(West / Christopher)

Information:
If You Talk In Your Sleep was written by Red West and Johnny Christopher and recorded by Elvis on December 11, 1973, at Stax Studios in Memphis. Co-composer Christopher played guitar on the recording. Elvis’s single release had a 13-week stay on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, peaking at # 17. It did much better on the country and Easy-Listening charts, reaching # 6 on both charts.

Lyrics:

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, be 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 sometimes 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...

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on single »

Singles:

- If You Talk in Your Sleep / Help Me (RCA APBO-0280) May 1974. Standard release »

- If You Talk in Your Sleep / Help Me (RCA DJBO-0280) May 1974. Disc jockey promotional release.

- If You Talk in Your Sleep / Raised on Rock (RCA GB-10157) March 1975. Gold standard series original with a different flip side.

LPs/CDs:

- Promised Land (1975) »

- Walk a Mile in My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (1995)

- Elvis’ Golden Records, Volume 5 (1997)

- Too Much Monkey Business (2000) - FTD »

- Elvis 70’s (2001)

- From Elvis in Memphis; Promised Land; Moody Blue (2001)

- Live in Las Vegas (2001)
- It’s Midnight (2001) – FTD »

- Today, Tomorrow and Forever (2002)

- Nevada Nights (2008) - FTD »

- From Sunset to Las Vegas (2009) - FTD »

- Promised Land (2011) - FTD »

- Hits of the 70s (2012) - FTD »

– Las Vegas '74 (2017) - FTD »

Bootleg Releases:

- Big Boss Man (1974) – no label

- Command Performance (1974) - ECP

- Elvis Presley is Alive and Well and Singing in Las Vegas, Volume 1 (1975) – ?

- The Vegas Years, 1972-1975 (1976) – Black Belt Records

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