Sleeping Pad

Bless my little sleeping pad

I lay down when the weather's getting bad

I get up in the morning with a brand new mind

The big star telling me, "Go outside"

I get up

It's in the corner of the room where the light is low

So in the midday sweat is a midnight glow

The Bermuda wood floor's only inches beneath

No room between the bed and the wall

For my dreams to fall and die

Sometimes to close your eyes is all that saves you

When a day is taking all you had to give

When the weight of the world is on your back

You feel like breaking

Lie down beside me

After a while

Open your eyes and find

A damn good reason to live

There's a ramshackle murder in the backyard shed

Where I keep my hands busy to keep my head

Coming back to the city after working away

Saying I love it the most

And I know I'll stay until I'm older

And the voices of love are coming up from the ground

The green grass telling me to lie on down

And the cauliflower clouds over Germantown

Take on the shape of the animals lost along the way

Sometimes to close your eyes is all that saves you

When a day is taking all you had to give

When the weight of the world is on your back

You feel like breaking

Lie down beside me

After a while

Open your eyes and find

A damn good reason to live

Sometimes to close your eyes is all that saves you

When a day is taking all you had to give

When the weight of the world is on your back

You feel like breaking

Lie down beside me

After a while

Open your eyes and find

A damn good reason to live