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Backstory:

I had a terrible tummy ache one night, couldn't sleep. So, even though I was in pain, I sought to escape it by picking up my guitar. The first lines of the song are the ones I immediately came up with ("Sleep, I wish I could sleep/But I got a tummy ache, so I really can't sleep"). I finished the song a day or two later. What I didn't know at the time was that I hadn't been suffering from a tummy ache after all. It wasn't too long after that on another night, at 4 am, I went to the emergency room for what I thought was a heart attack. It turns out, my gall bladder had been the problem all along. Thankfully, we parted ways the next day.

Lyrics:

                                                  
TUMMY ACHE
(Pete Papageorge, words & music)

V1:
Sleep, I wish I could sleep
But I've got a tummy ache
So I really can't sleep

V2:
Dream, I wish I could dream
But I've got a tummy ache
So I really can't dream

B1:
I had too much at dinner
Now I must pay
I started to hurt when I was having dessert
But I ate it all anyway

V3:
When you eat
More than you should
You end up with a tummy ache
And you don't feel so good

B2:
Next time I will listen
To the voice inside my head
For there's such a thing as being a little
Too well-fed

V3:
When you eat
More than you should
You end up with a tummy ache
A real bad tummy ache
A terrible tummy ache
And you don't feel so good

V1:
Sleep, I wish I could sleep
But I've got a tummy ache
So I really can't sleep

V2:
Dream, I wish I could dream
But I've got a tummy ache
So I really can't dream
 
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