While You Were Sleeping

"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