"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" — Adamson and McHugh's 1943 insomnia.
I couldn't sleep a wink last night
Because we had that silly fight
I thought my heart would break the whole night through,
I knew that you'd be sorry, and I am sorry too,
I couldn't have my favorite dream,
The one in which I hold you tight,
I had to call you up this morning
To see if everything was still all right,
Yes, I had to call you up this morning
'Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night,
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- Written by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh for the 1943 film Higher and Higher — Sinatra's film debut. The song that marked his arrival in Hollywood: the boy who couldn't sleep, haunted by someone's eyes.