Can't Fall Asleep To A Lullaby
Written by Dewey Bunnell, Steve Perry, Bill Mumy, and Robert Haimer, ©1984
Found on Perspective, Encore: More Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, and Highway.

It's late at night, I'm all alone
I call you up, hear your voice on the phone
Say that you're mine, tell me it's true
Say that my love, is still right for you

'Cause I can't fall asleep to a lullaby
And I miss you so much I don't wanna cry, you are why
I love you, oo-oo-oo, you don't know

Here I am, part of the crowd
Need you so bad, I'm dreamin' out loud
Say that you're mine, tell me it's true
Say that my love, is still right for you

'Cause I can't fall asleep to a lullaby
And I miss you so much I don't wanna cry, you are why
I love you, oo-oo-oo, you don't know

It's late at night, and I'm all alone
So I call you up, to hear your voice on the phone
Sayin' your mine, sayin' it's true
Please say my love, is still right for you

'Cause I can't fall asleep to a lullaby
And I miss you so much I don't wanna cry, you are why
I love you, oo-oo-oo, you don't know

The last verse was not on the original version of this song found on Perspective. It was added by Dewey for the Encore: More Greatest Hits CD.

Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet) The band liked "(Can't Fall Asleep To A) Lullaby" better. This sultry, midtempo number was a collaboration among Bunnell, Mumy, Haimer, and Journey lead singer Steve Perry. "Steve and I both lived in Marin County, and I think I ran into him at a Home Depot-type store," Bunnell says. "We became friendly and wrote a few things together. I started this song with Steve, and then he came down to L.A. to help finish the song." The tune was in raw form When Mumy and Haimer became involved. "The tape Dewey played us had no words, just the chords and Dewey and Steve singing sounds," Haimer says. "We went out for sushi, and one of us came up with 'Can't fall asleep...,' then someone else came up with, '...to a lullaby.' The demo that we did of the song that night had chords similar to 'Ventura Highway,' but the studio version became something else that was equally good." "It was another one of those lonely-on-the-road kind of things," says Bunnell of the song. "Most of the love songs I've written relate to that: You can either revel in being alone or you can feel sorry for yourself. Matt McCauley produced that one, and Dean Parks played bass and guitar." Bunnell sang "(Can't Fall Asleep To A) Lullaby" with a cool, sophisticated air that was a far cry from the days of "Sandman" and "Donkey Jaw." Released as a single, it hit #26 on the Adult Contemporary chart.