your eyelids are made of leadnyou can't keep them upn'cause it's sleepytimenand that's no crime in the western worldn'cause when the sun goes downnyou're bound to follow throughnsleeping through the afternoon ni just can't seem to leave my roomnwith all the moonnand a love so true it's gonna see me throughnyou know it's gonna see me throughnn'cause when the sun goes downni'm gonna make like a treensleeping through the afternoon njust can't seem to leave my roomnwith all the moonnand a love so true it's gonna see me throughnyou know it's gonna see me throughnndrifting down the sleepy rivernwaking like a childnnever gonna know what the spirit's saying nunless you drift down for a whilennever gonna know what the wind is whispering nownnever gonna know unless you leave this world somehownunless you leave this world somehownni woke up on the streetnso apprehensive, feeling weaknand as i finally tried to speakntwelve birds flew straightways from my mouthnand circled high above the skynbegan to cry with kissing soundsna crowd had gathered on the groundnall speaking strangely through their teeth n(yeah, through their teeth)ni felt alone and in my grief i spoke once more into the windna storm of birds contained therein began to spinn(began to spin)nn(it's so cold in here)nnyour eyelids are made of leadnyou can't keep them upn'cause it's sleepytimenand that's no crime in the western worldn'cause when the sun goes downnyou're bound to follow throughnsleeping through the afternoon ni just can't seem to leave my roomnwith all the moonnand a love so true it's gonna see me throughnyou know it's gonna see me through