Berni Armstrong - Sleep

from SpinTunes 20 Round 2 by Spintunes

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lyrics

VERSE ONE
(Am) We spend a third of our lives (G) doing this
A(F)way in the land of (E) dreams
(F) Twenty-five years of (C) fictions
But (G) no one knows what they (Am) mean
So (F) many hours of (C) idleness
In which (G) nothing can be a(C)chieved
And (Dm) few of us remember
Any (E) insights we might have per(Am)ceived

CHORUS
(Am) Sleep, (G) Sleep, (F) Sleep, (E) Sleep
(Dm) Sleep, (C) Sleep, (E) Sleep, (Am) Sleep

VERSE TWO
(Am) There must be something es(G)sential
In that (F) time of enforced (E) rest
For (F) if we are de(C)nied it
Our (G) systems become (Am) stressed
A (F) fundamental (C) need
From a (G) baby's first (C) breath
Since (Dm) sleep deprivation
Can be a (E) torture to the (Am) death

CHORUS

BRIDGE
We (F) know our brains are (C) active
When we're (G) off in slumber (Am) land
In an (G) anabolic state
Beyond our (Am) conscious command
But re(F)search is on(C)going
Into the (G) purpose of it (Am) all
Why we (G) need to find oblivion
As the (F) night be(E)gins to (Am) fall

CHORUS

VERSE THREE
(Am) I lie awake most (G) evenings
An in(F)curable insomni(E)ac
(F) Tossing and (C) turning
On my (G) sides and on my (Am) back
I (F) always try to (C) still my mind
In ex(G)tremes even counting (C) sheep
But the (Dm) slightest noise in the night
De(F)prives me (E) of my (Am) sleep

CHORUS (x 2)

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from SpinTunes 20 Round 2, released April 4, 2023

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