Because to-day's the 52nd anniversary of the premier of The Monkees television show, I started listening to all of the Monkees albums I have (although I'm not going to set a schedule for listening to them). When I listened to The Monkees this morning, I noticed a small thing about "This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day."
"Wakin' up" in the lines "'Stead of wakin' up to find / A nightmare of a different kind" is sung to an ascending phrase (B C# E). To some degree, this ascent musically illustrates the "wakin' up." It could be a literal portrayal of the "up" or merely the impression of getting up out of bed.
