Sleep (fingers' Lullaby) Lyrics - The Fine Art Of Surfacing - Boomtown Rats

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"