No Sleep Blues-The Incredible String Band

[ti:No Sleep Blues] [ar:The Incredible String Band] [al:The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]No Sleep Blues - The Incredible String Band [00:10.14]Cracks rack the windows [00:12.08]Howls hold the floor [00:14.23] [00:14.85]Rains rot the rafters [00:15.84]And do you just have to snore [00:18.88]It's a most inclement climate [00:21.17]For the season of the night [00:23.67]Is that mouse playing football oh [00:26.11]I thought they didn't like the light [00:29.21]And the dawn comes sneaking up [00:31.46]When it thinks I'm not looking [00:36.35]I'm starting to grieve man [00:38.56]I used to know but now I believe man [00:40.72]They tell me sleep is a gas [00:41.88]And if I want to lay down [00:43.09]But I'm sorry I woke you [00:44.57]I mean I've got the no sleep blues [00:46.72] [00:53.01]There's mayhem in this mansion [00:55.24]Since the cows were coming home [00:57.81]With delirium no sleepum [01:00.12]In a cloud of nylon foam [01:02.51]But release scours the outhouse [01:04.59]And a hard rain sears the sky [01:07.21]But if you let the pigs decide it [01:09.30]They will put you in the sty [01:12.91]And the dawn comes sneaking up [01:15.30]When it thinks I'm not looking [01:20.47]I'm starting to grieve man [01:22.43]I used to know but now I believe man [01:24.69]They tell me sleep is a gas [01:26.21]I wanna lay down [01:27.23]But I'm sorry I woke you [01:28.51]I mean I've got the no sleep blues [01:30.83] [01:37.01]I think I'll get a picture [01:39.47]And I think I'll put it on a nail [01:41.77]I think I'll get another one [01:44.20]And put it in a pail [01:46.51]But the pail got so rusty [01:48.55]I called it red red red for fun [01:51.22]And I laughed like a leaver [01:53.50]Till you ought to seen it run [01:56.10] [01:56.99]And the dawn comes sneaking up [01:59.51]When it thinks I'm not looking [02:04.65]I'm starting to grieve man [02:06.74]I used to know but now I believe man [02:09.03]They tell me sleep is a gas [02:10.48]But I wanna lay down [02:11.52]But I'm sorry I woke you [02:12.85]I mean I've got the no sleep blues [02:15.14] [02:21.39]The size of the future declared itself no part [02:26.47]Aloof like a Sultan in the autumn of your heart [02:30.99]But the heart got so hearty [02:33.16]That it pulled for the shore [02:35.79]And the sailors fired a big salute [02:38.13]And it made my ears quite sore [02:40.82] [02:41.57]And the dawn was sneaking up [02:43.89]When it thinks I'm not looking [02:49.12]I'm starting to grieve man [02:51.19]I used to know but now I believe man [02:53.39]They tell me sleep is a gas [02:54.83]I wanna lay down [02:55.82]But I'm sorry I woke you [02:57.12]I mean I've got the no sleep blues [02:59.34] [03:05.83]I mixed stones and water [03:08.02]Just to see what it would do [03:10.51]And the water it got stoney [03:12.68]And the stones got watery too [03:15.20]So I mixed my feet with water [03:17.33]Just to see what could be seen [03:20.04]And the water it got dirty [03:22.21]And the feet they got quite clean [03:25.81]And the dawn comes sneaking up [03:28.26]When it thinks I'm not looking [03:33.63]I'm starting to grieve man [03:35.55]I used to know but now I believe man [03:37.84]They tell me sleep is a gas [03:39.32]I wanna lay down [03:40.35]But I'm sorry I woke you [03:41.81]I mean I've got the no sleep blues