Lay still, steven, and I'll tell you a bedtime story. I'll tell you a
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bedtime story that's not for all children. It's a very special story, that
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only special children will understand. It's a half aware story, and it will be
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better if you close your eyes. It's a story that takes place in a dream, like
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other nightmares you have known. It's a dream that Alice has dreamed. You can
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dream along with him. You can follow Alice down the staircase, deep, down the
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stairs to the pit where he doesn't want to go, but he has to.
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If you go to sleep now, Steven, you can go down the long and endless
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staircase and sing sweet song to Alice and free him. And if you can't get to
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sleep, Steven and the middle of night you get out of bed, when everything is
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quiet and the trees are still and the birds are hiding from the dark, you can
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lay down on your bedroom floor and press your ear tightly to the boards. If
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you listen very carefully you can hear Alice searching for a way out, forever
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chasing rainbows.
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Sleep tight, Steven. And have a good night.
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A Bedtime Story
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Alice Cooper |