Verse 1You Had A Dream About MeI Ran Off With Your DadYou Woke Up The Next MorningSawed Your Shotgun Right In HalfN.c.You Burst Into My RoomForgot To Knock, Or Didn’t CarePut The Muzzle To My PillowBlasted Feathers In The AirVerse 2And I Sprang Up From The BedAnd I Kicked You In The GutYou Coughed Up All The Love LettersYou’d Eaten In The NightLooking For The Right WordsBut Not Wanting To WasteAll The Sentiment You’d Whipped UpYou Love That Funny TasteAnd We Sat Among The WreckageAnd Your Walls Were Up To HereChorusDon’t You RecognizeThe One Who Sings You To Sleep?Don’t You RecognizeThe Voice That Gives Your Mind Relief?I’d Never Ever Leave You, Not Even In My DreamsDon’t You RecognizeThe One Who Sings You To Sleep?Verse 3I Had A Dream You HadA Perfect Life With Some LawyerCombined Salary Of Half A MilAnd A Couple High-Strung DaughtersN.c.You Hired Me For My ServicesI Couldn’t Keep My CoolI Lit Up Every CandleAnd Wept Us Both A PoolVerse 4I Adorned You Like A PharaohYou Said You’d Still Go HomeThen I Danced Before The MirrorAnd You Said You Could PostponeI Said, We’ll Run Away To GreeceOn A Symphony Of StringsI Can Bring My ShoeboxYou Can Cash Out All Your SavingsAnd We Picnicked In The RuinsAnd My Legs Were Up To ThereChorusDon’t You RecognizeThe One Who Sings You To Sleep?Don’t You RecognizeThe Voice That Gives Your Mind Relief?I’d Never Ever Leave You, Not Even In My DreamsDon’t You RecognizeThe One Who Sings You To Sleep?OutroI Heard You Over BreakfastThinking About DestructionMaybe You Had YourselfA Rough Night Of Sleep Or SomethingI Held A Butter KnifeTo Your Carotid VeinYou Loosened Like A TigerAnd Smiled When You Sang,Don’t You RecognizeThe One Who Sings You To Sleep?
