SLEEP ON A CLOTHES LINE As recorded by Rory Gallagher (From the 1973 Album TATTOO) * means one strum only [Intro] N..              [Verse 1] I could sleep on a clothes line As easy as pie I can’t keep my eyes open No matter how I try I gotta sit down I can’t stay on my feet I been up all night I been walkin’ the street oh yeah               [Chorus] Looking for my baby      But everywhere I’ve gone      Tell me I just missed her      It’s gone on too long          [Verse 2] Well I’d go up on a mountain And I’d fight a wild cat Walk over Niagara And all the way back Get lost in the jungle And I’d live up a tree That’s what I would want to do If you would stay with me oh yeah          [Chorus] Looking for you baby      Gone from pillar to post      Wverywhere I’d just missed you baby      By a minute at the most          [Bridge] Well I’m looking for you baby In every cafe diner and bar All the faces there they know you and they say you Can’t have gone too far but you’ve gone Far enough baby If I found out you’ve done me wrong Don’t ask to know who’s the fool I won’t be the one Owwwww.......not a loser... [Guitar Solo]                [Verse 3] I would sleep on the tail-plane Of a Jumbo Jet Walk over the Ocean And I’d never once get wet Go skating on an iceberg And that’s what I would once do Lay it down a dozen times Just to hear you say "I Love You"           [Chorus] Looking for you baby      But everwhere I go      Tell me I just missed you baby      By a minute at the most          [Verse 4] Well I could Sleep on a clothes line As easy as pie I can’t keep my eyes open No matter how I try I gotta sit down I can’t stay on my feet I been up all night I been walkin’ the street yeah          [Chorus] Looking for you baby      Everwhere I go       Tell me I just missed you baby       You know it’s gone on too long            yeah.. [Outro] Gone too long baby        x5

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque le désespoir d'un homme à la recherche de son amour, en se sentant épuisé par ses efforts. Il exprime un besoin urgent de retrouver celle qu'il aime, parcourant divers lieux sans relâche, mais se heurtant à des moments de frustration. Les images qu'il utilise, comme celle de dormir sur une corde à linge ou de marcher sur l'océan, illustrent son désir d'accomplir l'impossible pour être réuni avec elle. Sa quête est marquée par une combinaison de détermination et de vulnérabilité, se traduisant par un sentiment d'urgence et de perte.