Behind the Wall of Sleep

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Now I lie in bed and think of her

Behind The Wall Of Sleep is the second single from Especially For You. Lyrics were written by DiNizio on the back of a cocktail napkin on a flight home from Boston to New York City. The Smithereens had shared a bill with the Boston band The Bristols, whose bassist Kim Ernst had caught DiNizio's attention. DiNizio: "My crush on her led me to write that on a very hung-over morning after a party in Boston." The lyrics include references to 1960s model Jean Shrimpton ("She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965") and Rolling Stone Bill Wyman ("She hel… read more
Behind The Wall Of Sleep is the second single from Especially For You. Lyrics were written by DiNizio on the back of a cocktail napkin on a flight ho… read more
Behind The Wall Of Sleep is the second single from Especially For You. Lyrics were written by DiNizio on the back of a cocktail napkin on a flight home from Boston to New York City. The … read more

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The Smithereens are a group from Carteret, New Jersey. The group formed in 1980 and for most of its existence consisted of founding members Pat DiNizio (lead singer/guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar), Mike Mesaros (bass), and Dennis Diken (drums). Following DiNizio's death in 2017, the band has continued to perform with guest singers. The group gained some notoriety when a single from its first album, Blood and Roses, was included on the soundtrack for and as the theme song of the 1986 Albert Pyun movie Dangerously Close and the video got some moderately heavy rotation o… read more
The Smithereens are a group from Carteret, New Jersey. The group formed in 1980 and for most of its existence consisted of founding members Pat DiNizio (lead singer/guitar), Jim B… read more
The Smithereens are a group from Carteret, New Jersey. The group formed in 1980 and for most of its existence consisted of founding members Pat DiNizio (lead singer/guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar), Mike Mesaros (bass), and Den… read more

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