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Elvis Perkins
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While You Were Sleeping
Lyricist:Elvis Brooke Perkins
While you were sleeping, the babies grew The stars shined and the shadows moved
Time flew, the phone rang There was a silence when the kitchen sang It's songs competed like kids for space We stared for hours in our maker's face
They gave us picks said, 'Go mine the sun And go gold and come back when you're done' While you were sleeping, you tossed, you turned You rolled your eyes as the world burned
The heavens fell, the earth quaked I thought you must be but you weren't awake No, you were sleeping, you ignored the sun You grew your power garden for your little ones
And you found brides for them on Christmas Eve They hung young Cain from the Adam trees And danced
While you were sleeping, I tossed and I turned 'Til I closed my eyes but the future burned Though the planet turned a hair gray As I relived the day
While you were sleeping the money died Machines were harmless and the earth sighed Through the wind you slept sound And gravity caught my love around
The ocean rose, sang about decay While witches flew and the mermaids stayed Full of dreams, you overslept And keeping with quiet, through the walls I crept
I walked on tiptoe, sent darkness swirling Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Over all the kitchen in the early morning I'll never catch up to you who sleeps so sound My arms are useless my heart beats too loud To go to sleep, my mind's too proud to bow out
While you were sleeping the time changed All your things were rearranged Your vampire mirrors face to face They saw forever out into space
And found you dreaming in black and white While it rained in all the colors of the night I watched the TVs, memories Championships vanished to sea
Could it be, my honey between you and me So I waited for the riddled sky to be solved again by sunrise And i've made a death suit for life For my father's ill widowed wife
Did you have that strangest dream before you woke Cos in your gown you had the butterfly stroke Did it escape you like some half told joke? When you reached for your plume of smoke
It'll haunt you, my honey bee Anyone who is anyone has that same dream
Were you falling, were you flying And were you calling out or were you dying Thank god you're up now let's stay that way Else there'll be no mornings and no more days
'Cause when we're dreaming our babies grow The sun shines and the shadows flow Time flies, the phone rings There is a silence and everybody tries to sing
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