Who Needs Sleep? Lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Now I lay me down not to sleep 

I just get tangled in the sheets 

I swim in sweat three inches deep 

Just lay back and claim defeat 

Chapter read and lesson learned 

I turned the lights off while she burned 

So while she? s three hundred degrees 

I throw the sheets off and I freeze 

Lids down, I count sheep 

I count heartbeats 

The only thing that counts is 

That I won? t sleep 

I countdown, I look around 

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Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

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My hands are locked up tight in fists 

My mind is racing filled with lists 

Of things to do and things I? ve done 

Another sleepless night? s begun 

Lids down, I count sheep 

I count heartbeats 

The only thing that counts is 

That I won? t sleep 

I countdown, I look around 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

So much joy in life 

So many pleasures all around 

But the pleasure of insomnia 

Is one I? ve never found 

With all life has to offer 

There? s so much to be enjoyed 

But the pleasures of insomnia 

Are ones I can? t avoid 

Lids down, I count sheep 

I count heartbeats 

The only thing that counts is 

That I won? t sleep 

I countdown, I look around 

(Hala hala hala) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war 

Who needs sleep? 

(Well you? re never gonna get it) 

Who needs sleep? 

(Tell me what? s that for) 

Who needs sleep? 

Be happy with what you? re getting 

There? s a guy who? s been awake 

Since the second world war