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Sleepless
The Decemberists

As you lie before me now, like a shadownOn a pea green seanNever thought that I could find you so hollownLaying into mennBut this cup of winenAll salt and brine makes me sleepynAnd sorrow sowsnA field of tears that will never yield a single pennynBut I don't knownI've got nothing to hold on tonnWished for gold so I could buy you a palacenBy the riversidenYou'd come in and I would fill your diamond chalicenYou were still alivennBut this cup of winenAll salt and brine makes me sleepynAnd sorrow sowsnA field of tears that will never yield a single pennynBut I don't knownI've got nothing to hold on tonI've got nothing to hold on tonnWere you sleepless, tearing at the air?nWas the water everywhere?nWere you fretful, to wade into the room?nI'd been wanting to hear from younOh, nonnHand it over (hand it over)nHand it over (oh)nYou're weary, lay him downnYou did your time so thank you very muchnHand it over (hand it over)nHand it over (oh)nSo now your hopes are all allayednBut you hand it all awaynnDid his eyelids affix on empty chairsnYou had traveled to lay beside?nA gentle torture to watch it all recedenAnd all the while your mother slept beside himnOh, nonnHand it over (hand it over)nHand it over (oh)nYou're weary, lay him downnYou did your time so thank you very muchnHand it over (hand it over)nHand it over (oh)nSo now your hopes are all allayednBut you hand it all awaynnWere you sleepless, tearing at the air?nWas the water everywhere?nWere you fearful, and long to run awaynFrom the cold clasp of Illinois?nOh, nonnHand it over (hand it over)nHand it over (oh)nYou're weary, lay him downnYou did your time so thank you very muchnHand it over (hand it over)nHand it over (oh)nSo now your hopes are all allayednBut you hand it all awaynBut you hand it all away


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