With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming

The Ink Spots

Words by Mack Gordon and music by Harry Revel



This version did not chart but

In 1934, Leo Resiman took it to # 3 and Isham Jones managed # 11.

Then, in 1950, Patti Page put it at # 11.

Introduced in the film "Shoot the Works" by Jack Oakie and Dorothy Dell

Also sung by Dean Martin in the 1952 film "The Stooge"





With my eyes wide open I'm dreaming

Can it be true I'm holding you close to my heart?

With my eyes wide open I'm dreaming

You're with me now sharing a vow never to part



I'm so afraid to close my eyes

Afraid that I'll find

This lovely thrill

Is just a silly illusion



With my eyes wide open I'm dreaming

Do I deserve such a break?

Pinch me to prove I'm awake

I can't believe that you're really mine





MONOLOGUE: Darlin' with my eyes wide open I'm dreamin' ! Can it be true that I'm holdin'

you so close to my heart? Ya know with my eyes wide open I'm dreamin' ! You're here with

me now make the vow that we'd never part. I'm so afraid to close my eyes! I'm afraid that I'll

wake and find that all this dreamin' is just a silly illusion!



With my eyes wide open I'm dreaming

Do I deserve such a break?

Pinch me to prove I'm awake

I can't believe that you're really mine