The Sleeper Lyrics by John Cale

The Sleeper Lyrics

    Your mailbox is always empty
    And your landlord always complains
    And you try to forget your past
    But it's just adding to your pain
    And it's time for one more cigarette

    Yes, i slept on your satin pillows
    They felt like a second skin
    You needn't have looked so helpless there
    I was the moth stuck on your pin

    Sleeping, i am the sleeper
    Sleeping, i am the sleeper

    Oh it used to feel so right
    Everything seemed new
    I haven't changed
    It isn't me that's what's wrong with you

    Sleeping, i am the sleeper

    The sun came up and you'd come back
    The door was open wide
    I should have slammed it in your face
    I should have shot you in the back
    That's what jesus would have done
    If satan had come
    And looked him in the eye and said
    "you're my kind of guy, why don't you come away with me?
    Come away with me"
    Cause i love you, i love ya, i love ya - that's what she said
    I love ya, love ya
    I'd rather speak to satan himself

    I love you, i love you, i love you
    I love you, i'm the sleeper

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