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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Megadeth
Megadeth
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andy Sneap
Andy Sneap
Mixing Engineer
Jeff Balding
Jeff Balding
Co-Producer
Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I should be calling collect from jail
For the things I commit each night in my head
Like last night in my sleep I got to snuff you
But then I woke up again, safe in my little bed
No one is safe when I close my eyes
I come to take your life
[Verse 2]
I get to force your untimely disappearance
Each night in my dreams, when I'm fast asleep
I close my eyes and you just vanish soon as I lay down my head
When I'm dead to the whole wide world
No one is safe when I close my eyes
I come to take your life
And then I wake up again and it was all just a dream
And everything is the same
[Verse 3]
Sleepwalker—Did I give you concrete shoes?
And throw you off of a bridge
Sleepwalker—When I lay down to sleep, pray your soul's mine to keep
I feel you near me
[Instrumental]
Solo: Drover
[Verse 4]
Sleepwalker
[Verse 5]
Just taking a stroll; don't go to sleep!
Here's some toothpicks for your eyes!
[Verse 6]
You always make an excellent cadaver
I roll your body up in a carpet to make music
In the trunk of my limousine, wrapped up in a rug
A fitting end, is that I send you up the river like a punk
No one is safe when I close my eyes
I come to take your life
[Verse 7]
The angel of death is pissed off at me again
Just because I got to put you out of my misery
It doesn't matter, I am without fear
Now that you're dead, I won't shed another bloody tear for you
No one is safe when I close my eyes
I come to take your life
I'm calling down the thunder, then you'll sleep with the fishes
The answer to all of my wishes
[Verse 8]
Sleepwalker—Did I tell you I was in movies?
Then dump you garroted, lying naked in a ditch
Sleepwalker—Everyday, another way
I know you can hear me
[Instrumental]
Solo: Mustaine
Solo: Drover
[Verse 9]
I think you'd look nice in a Colombian necktie
Should stop your tongue from wagging the dog
No more stupidity from you, as I pull your tongue through
For a smile from ear to ear, now there's nothing to hear
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
And then I wake up again and it was all just a dream
And everything is still the same
[Verse 10]
Sleepwalker—Did I give you concrete shoes?
And throw your body off of a bridge
Sleepwalker—When I lay down to sleep, pray your soul's mine to keep
I feel you near me
[Verse 11]
Sleepwalker—Or did I tell you I was in movies?
Then dump you garroted, lying naked in a ditch
Sleepwalker—Everyday, another way
I know you can hear me
[Verse 12]
Sleepwalker—Did I buy you the farm?
Put a horse head in your bed
Sleepwalker—When I lay down to sleep, pray your soul's mine to keep
I feel you near me
[Verse 13]
Sleepwalker—Everyday
Everyday another way
Sleepwalker—When I lay down to sleep, pray your soul's mine to keep
I know you can hear me
Go to sleep—Sleepwalker...
Written by: Dave Mustaine
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