I Can Never Get to Sleep at Night

I can never get to sleep at night, I’m so awake and alive.
I toss and tum until daylight, till the sun does arrive.
Like the worker on the graveyard shift, like a streetlight till dawn,
Like a flame that ain’t never finished, my candle keeps burning on.

I know in Tokyo they’re up and awake, the sun is shining elsewhere.
I’m over here and they’re over there,
And I’m alone; I’m all alone.

I could never get to sleep at night, even when I was a little child.
I had to do my daydreaming after midnight, my mind was always running wild.
Like a bat, like a harmless vampire, like a night owl that hoots,
I couldn’t fade, I couldn’t put out the fire; I could never seem to snooze.
Though my body lay still in a trance, appearing like it was dead,
My heart and soul would continue to dance in my head, in my head.

I couldn’t get to sleep last night, even though my lover was here.
She wrapped her arms and legs around me so tight, made my tension disappear.
We made love with abandon again; she thought she spent my energy.
But when she fell off to sleep at the end, I was still running free.

You’d think the sleepless nights would take their toll,
Wear me down once in a while.
Instead the passion just continues to roll in my soul, in my soul.

I can never get to sleep at night, I’m so awake and alive.
I toss and tum until daylight, till the sun does arrive.
Like the worker on the graveyard shift, like the streetlight till dawn,
Like a flame that is never finished, my candle keeps burning on and on.
I can never sleep at night (4X)