The Sleeper Lyrics - John Cale

Your mailbox is always empty 

And your landlord always complains 

And you try to forget your past 

But it's just adding to your pain 

And it's time for one more cigarette 

Yes, I slept on your satin pillows 

They felt like a second skin 

You needn't have looked so helpless there 

I was the moth stuck on your pin 

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Sleeping, I am the sleeper 

Sleeping, I am the sleeper 

Oh it used to feel so right 

Everything seemed new 

I haven't changed 

It isn't me that's what's wrong with you 

Sleeping, I am the sleeper 

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The sun came up and you'd come back 

The door was open wide 

I should have slammed it in your face 

I should have shot you in the back 

That's what Jesus would have done 

If Satan had come 

And looked him in the eye and said 

"You're my kind of guy, why don't you come away with me? 

Come away with me" 

Cause I love you, I love ya, I love ya - that's what she said 

I love ya, love ya 

I'd rather speak to Satan himself 

I love you, I love you, I love you 

I love you, I'm the sleeper