I'VE GOT TO SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN
(Frederick Knight)




Shirley Brown - 2004
Mississippi Heat (vocal: Inetta Visor) - 2005










I've got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone
I've gotta sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone, mmm-mmm
All he wanta do is make love
Keepin' me up all night long


You gotta be careful what you ask for
'Cause you just might get it, well
I wanted a man that I could care for
That knew how to hit it, ooh-ooh
But sometimes I want to change my mind
'Cause he's at me all the time, mmm-mmm


That's why I got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone, no, no
Whoo, I got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone
All he wanta do is make love
Keepin' me up all night long (
All night long, all night long)
I get so tired


I've got to lay up in bed through cookin' 
(Bed through cookin')
So I can get a little rest, hmm-hmm
'Cause when he comes home, he'll be lookin' 
(He'll be lookin')
And pulling at my dress, well
His name is like a love machine
The damndest thing I've ever seen


That's why I got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone
(Leave me alone), Oh no (He got to leave me alone)
Whoo, I got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone
(Leave me alone), Oh no (He got to leave me alone)
All he wanta do is make love
Keepin' me up all night long 
(All night long, all night long, ooh-oooh)


(Instrumental Break)


All he wanta do is make love
Keepin' me up all night long 
(All night long, all night long, ooh-ooh), Ooh


That's why I got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone
(Leave me alone), Oh no (He got to leave me alone)
Whoo, I got to sleep with one eye open
'Cause this man won't leave me alone
(Leave me alone, he got to leave me alone)
All he wanta do is make love
Keepin' me up all night long 
(All night long, all night long, ooh-ooh), Mm-mmm


I've got to sleep with one eye open
Said I got to sleep with one eye open, oooh
I got to sleep with one eye open
I'm gonna sleep with one eye open
All he wanta do is make love
Keepin' me up all night long 
(All night long, all night long, ooh-ooh)


I've got to sleep with one eye open
Said I got to sleep with one eye open, oooh
I've got to sleep with one eye open
I'm gonna sleep with one eye open
All he wanta do is..........FADE












(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2012)