I'm so wired,
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Very tired,
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Why can't I
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Close my eyes.
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Times speeding
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It's day, it's night, it's night, it's day
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And it's time
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I went to sleep.
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Chorus:
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Tired and sick, I'm sick and tired,
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I'm falling on my feet
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Tired and sick, I'm sick and tired,
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Why can't I close my eyes and go to sleep?
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It's not as easy as it seems.
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Sssh
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Draw the blinds
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Sssh
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Kill that light,
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Sssh
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Put down that book,
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Sssh
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The phone rings
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Sssh
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I'm not here
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Sssh
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I'm off the hook
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(I'm so wired)
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Close your eyes,
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(Very tired)
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Put down your head,
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(Why can't I)
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Go to sleep
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Close my eyes.
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If I take enough of these (red things, red things)
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Get some permanent sleep (blue things, blue things)
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What lullabys would you sing (white things, white things)
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For me?
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I wanna go
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It's a long drive home
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Don't wanna stay,
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One more minute (minute, minute, minute, minute, minute)
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Chorus
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Close my eyes and go to sleep
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It's not as easy as it seems,
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Close my eyes and go to sleep
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I'm jumping fences, counting sheep
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I'm counting fences, jumping sheep
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I'm fencing jumpsuits in my sleep
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I'm counting fencing, I can't think
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*written by Johnny Fingers
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*from the album "The Fine Art Of Surfacing"
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Sleep (Fingers' Lullaby)
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| Boomtown Rats |
