Sleep Awake

                                                                     Protecting you

                                                                     Protecting me

                                        I throw the evidence into a trunk and drop it in the sea

Lie awake

I sleep awake

I sleep with one eye on the bedroom door,

The other on the cake

Protecting me

Protecting you

Carving away our fingerprints out of our fingertips until they're smooth

Lie awake

I sleep awake

I sleep with one eye on my royal flush

The other on the take

I sleep awake

Protecting this

Protecting that

Calling a deadbeat with his dead boat

Wrapped around his artifact

Protecting that

Lie awake

I sleep awake

I sleep with one hand on my 45, the other 'round my baby's waist

Lie awake

I sleep awake

I go to bed with all my lights turned on

So I don't slip away

I stay awake

Out on the street I keep a started car

Who only waits for me, conveniently

Lie awake

I sleep awake

Lie awake

I sleep awake

Ahhh...ahhh...