Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.18/10 [11 votes]Album: BBC In Concert / Original Release Date: 2010-01-08Genre: RockSong Duration: 12 min 08 sec
It begins with a blessing
And it ends with a curse;
Making life easy,
By making it worse;
My mask is my master,
The trumpeter weeps,
But his voice is so weak
As he speaks from his sleep, saying
Why, why, why, why are we sleeping!
People are watching,
People who stare;
Waiting for something
That's already there.
Tomorrow I'll find it ,
The trumpeter screams,
And remembers he's hungry
And drowns in his dreams, saying
Why, why, why, why are we sleeping!
My head is a nightclub
With glasses and wine;
The customers dancing
Or just making time;
While daevid is cursing
The customers scream!
Now everyone's shouting,
"get out of my dreams!"
check amazon for Why Are We Sleeping mp3 download Songwriter(s): Robert Wyatt, Michael Roland Ratledge, Kevin Cawley Ayers Record Label(s): 2010 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd Official lyrics by
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