No Sleep Blues

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Cracks rack the windows Howls hold the floor Rains rot the rafters And do you just have to snore? It's a most inclement climate For the season of the night Is that mouse playing football, oh I thought they didn't like the light? [Chorus] And the dawn comes sneaking up When it thinks I'm not looking I am starting to grieve, man I used to know but now I believe, man They tell me sleep is a gas And if I want to lay down But I'm sorry I woke you I mean I've got the no sleep blues [Verse 2] There's mayhem in this mansion Since the cows were coming home With delirium no sleepum In a cloud of nylon foam But release scours the outhouse And a hard rain sears the sky But if you let the pigs decide it They will put you in the sty [Chorus] And the dawn comes sneaking up When it thinks I'm not looking; I am starting to grieve, man I used to know but now I believe, man They tell me sleep is a gas And if I want to lay down But I'm sorry I woke you I mean I've got the no sleep blues [Verse 3] I think I'll get a picture And I think I'll put it on a nail I think I'll get another one And put it in a pail But the pail got so rusty I called it red, red, red for fun And I laughed like a lever Till you ought to seen it run [Chorus] And the dawn comes sneaking up When it thinks I'm not looking I am starting to grieve, man I used to know but now I believe, man They tell me sleep is a gas And if I want to lay down But I'm sorry I woke you I mean I've got the no sleep blues [Verse 4] The size of the future Declared itself no part Aloof like a Sultan In the autumn of your heart But the heart got so hearty That it pulled for the shore And the sailors fired a big salute And it made my ears quite sore [Chorus] And the dawn was sneaking up When it thinks I'm not looking I am starting to grieve, man I used to know but now I believe, man They tell me sleep is a gas And I want to lay down But I'm sorry I woke you I mean I've got the no sleep blues [Verse 5] I mixed stones and water Just to see what it would do And the water it got stoney And the stones got watery too So I mixed my feet with water Just to see what could be seen And the water it got dirty And the feet they got quite clean [Chorus] And the dawn comes sneaking up When it thinks I'm not looking; I am starting to grieve, man I used to know but now I believe, man They tell me sleep is a gas And if I want to lay down But I'm sorry I woke you I mean I've got the no sleep blues