Sleep People
by Baxter Dury
From the album: The Night Chancers
Track 5 of 10 on The Night Chancers (2020).
Duration: 2:55
Lyrics for Sleep People
Flexes lips and slips and smiles Blocks and dresses, drugs and tails There's nowhere deep to swim Only selected friends with funny names Cold eyes staring whilst you're all sleeping In the daylight dry lips are smiling And there's free drinks for the pencil-thin And there's nowhere that our swungs and patios- There's nowhere deep to swim And the great writers of fashion Cold eyes staring whilst you're all sleeping In the daylight dry lips are smiling Yeah, you all gotta go to sleep You gotta all wake up And dream a new dream Dream what it used to be like On the bakelite staircase Where I will preside Cold eyes staring whilst you're all sleeping In the daylight dry lips are smiling Wake up Wake up