"Talking in Your Sleep" is a good song; it has a fine melody, and has the germ of a great idea, but it's a stanza or two short, doesn't tell enough of the story.
"It's Worth Believin'" is deceptively complex--doesn't seem that hard to sing, but try it, it's harder than it seems it should be to make it sound good; the little details make it a believable story ("When I've called in the cat she'll go walkin'"), and the imagery, apparently simple, is really quite complex. For example, "There's a breeze from the shore and the waves overlap" is a great line--natural forces (wind, water) moving in two directions, overlapping relationships and feelings on top of feelings showing turbulence and ambivalence in this relationship, uncertainty about who's at fault and where it's all headed, but knowing that something big's on the way ("The moon turns the tide")--all in all a minor masterpiece. I guess that means it gets my vote.
DQ
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