"While you were sleeping
the babies grew
the stars shined and the shadows moved
time flew...
"While you were sleeping
I tossed and I turned
til I closed my eyes
but the future burned
through the planet turned a hair grey
as I relived the day...
"Full of dreams, you overslept
and keeping with quiet, through the walls I crept
I walked on tiptoe, sent the darkness swirling 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 crowded
While you were sleeping."
--Elvis Perkins