"Alone In Your Bed" with commentary

Charlie Record was one of my roommates in Medford, Massachusetts in the mid-1980s, along with Bob Rein. “Alone in the Bed” was the only song we ever wrote together, but we did record a few Christmas covers one year. Charlie went on to make a lot of money in accounting software. I stuck with music, and made no money whatsoever.

Alone In Your Bed

©1997 Brian Hutzell and Charles Record

Last night, the silence almost killed me

I laid awake and thought about the awful things we said

I tried to let you go and to get myself together

But it’s hard to be together alone in your bed

This place used to feel so good

I could find a pillow here to rest my tired head

You were right by me--no reason to believe

That I would ever be alone in your bed

Side by side, we built our dreams around us

Lie by lie, we tore our dreams apart

Bit by bit, I’ll get my life together, forget the tears I’ve shed

But it’s hard to be together alone in your bed

Why do I come here as a stranger

In a place I don’t belong, though it used to be my home

I wonder where you are, but I’m thankful I don’t know

The feelings aren’t forgotten when I’m sleepin’ all alone

Side by side, we built our dreams around us

Lie by lie, we tore our dreams apart

Bit by bit, I’ll get my life together, forget the tears I’ve shed

But it’s hard to be together alone in your bed

I hid beneath a blanket of security

The binding frayed and left the edge unraveling

What fate determines whether love succeeds or fails?

My bed of flowers has become a bed of nails

Last night, I felt like I would die

But I’m sure I’ll survive; these things happen all the time

The pain will fade away and I will be okay

And tomorrow I’ll be sleeping alone in my bed

Side by side, we built our dreams around us

Lie by lie, we tore our dreams apart

Bit by bit, I’ll get my life together, forget the tears I’ve shed

But it’s hard to be together alone in your bed