Sleep (Fingers' Lullaby) lyrics

Song information

Artist: Boomtown Rats
Album: The Fine Art Of Surfacing

Lyrics

I'm so wired
Very tired
Why can't i
Close my eyes

Times speeding
It's day, it's night, it's night, it's day
And it's time
I went to sleep
Chorus:
Tired and sick, I'm sick and tired
I'm falling on my feet
Tired and sick, I'm sick and tired
Why can't I close my eyes and go to sleep?
It's not as easy as it seems

Sssh
Draw the blinds
Sssh
Kill that light
Sssh
Put down that book
Sssh
The phone rings
Sssh
I'm not here
Sssh
I'm off the hook

(I'm so wired)
Close your eyes
(Very tired)
Put down your head
(Why can't i)
Go to sleep
Close my eyes

If I took enough of these red things
Get some permanent sleep, blue things
What lullabys would you sing, white things

I wanna go
It's a long drive home
Don't wanna stay
One more minute

Close my eyes and go to sleep
It's not as easy as it seems
Close my eyes and go to sleep
I'm jumping fences, counting sheep
I'm counting fences, jumping sheep
I'm fencing jumpsuits in my sleep
I'm counting fencing, I can't think

*Written by johnny fingers
*From the album "the fine art of surfacing"