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Track: Sleepless In Love
Artist: Joe Ely
Album: Love And Danger

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Name: Joe Ely
Spotify Genres: outlaw country, americana, alt country, texas country, country rock, rockabilly
Followers: 40,952
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American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touched on honky-tonk, country and rock and roll (born February 9, 1947 in Amarillo, Texas) (died December 15, 2025). He had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los Super Seven, The Clancy Brothers and James McMurtry in addition to his early work with The Clash and more recent acoustic tours with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark.

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Release: Joe Ely - Love And Danger
Year: 1992
Genres: Rock

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LYRICS

He had hair, black as a fiberglass speedboat
The morning air was crisp as a brand new bank note
He swaggered like a surfer on a Louisiana dirt bike
He swerved like a trucker on the Dallas Turnpike
They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love

She had eyes, bright as a sunlit Air stream
She told no lies, she hardly ever had a bad dream
She was calm, still as a July Willow
She was tender, soft as a K Mart pillow

They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love

He held her close, tight as a Harley's drive chain
Like a rose, riding on a midnight freight train
They shivered, like the streamers in a gypsy car lot
They melted, like a rain on an Irish rooftop

They went crazy, crazy as a the wild wild west wind
When it chases a tumbleweed with too much top-spin
They made love like, wild horses in a hurricane
Chasing rainbows in a souped-up silver seaplane

They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love

They were sleepless in love, they were lovers
They were lovers, sleepless in love