I couldn’t sleep at all last night
Just thinkin’ of you
Aw baby things weren’t right
Well I was tossin’ and turnin’
Turnin’ and tossin’
Tossin’ and turnin’ all night
Last night I couldn’t get to sleep
Couldn’t get to sleep
Couldn’t get to sleep at all
Sleep, baby, sleep, in peace may you slumber
No danger lurks, your sleep to encumber
We’ve got the missiles, peace to determine
And one of the fingers on the button will be German
When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I’m still yawning
When I’m in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream)
Please, don’t wake me, no, don’t shake me
Leave me where I am
I’m only sleeping
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!
She used to waken up the neighbours
As she distributed favours
And now she’s anarchy and treason
But she doesn’t give a reason
Annie my baby
Act like a lady
You’re sleeping on the job
I’m so tired
I haven’t slept a wink
I’m so tired
My mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up
And fix myself a drink? Oh, no, no
So join me for a drink, boys
We’re gonna make a big noise
So don’t worry about tomorrow
Take it today
Forget about the check
We’ll get hell to pay
Welcome to the abandoned land
Come on in child, take my hand
Here there’s no work or play
Only one bill to pay
There’s just five words to say as you go down, down, down:
You’re gonna burn in Hell
You’d poison a blind man’s dog and steal his cane
You’d gift wrap a leper and mail him to your Aunt Jane
You’d even force-feed a diabetic a candy cane
You can go to Hell
You’re something that never should have happened
You’d even make your Grandma sick
Well I’m standing by a river
But the water doesn’t flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I’m underneath the streetlights
But the light of the joy I know
Scared beyond belief down in the shadows
And the perverted smell of violence
Chokes a smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bells
This ain’t no technological breakdown
Oh no, this is the road to hell
Cleveland, city of light, city of magic
Cleveland, city of light, you’re calling me
Cleveland, even now I can remember
‘Cause the Cuyahoga River
Goes smokin’ through my dreams
Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on
Waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on.
Waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on.
Waist deep! Neck deep! Soon even a
Tall man’ll be over his head, we’re
Waist deep in the Big Muddy!
And the big fool says to push on!
Salt and Pepa’s here, and we’re in effect
Want you to push it, babe
Coolin’ by day then at night, working up a sweat
C’mon girls, let’s go
Show the guys that we know
How to become number one in a hot party show
Now push it
Now is the hour when we must say goodbye
Soon you’ll be sailing far across the sea
While you’re away, o, then remember me
When you return, you’ll find me waiting here
Sailing
Takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
Soon I will be free
Oh, I’ve been sailing 'bout the seven seas
Looking for somebody who would sail with me
Sail with me
Sail with me
I see your hunger for a fortune
Could be better served beneath my flag
If you’ve the stomach for a broadside
Come aboard, my pretty boys
I will take you and make you
Everything you’ve ever dreamed
From ELP’s “Pirates,” in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day
I thought that they were angels
Much to my surprise, they climbed aboard our starship
We headed for the skies, singing
‘Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me’
I am sailing, I am sailing
Home again 'cross the sea
I am sailing stormy waters
To be near you, to be free