This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Sleeping is like living like it starts so slow
Like you're 20 years old before you pick up the tempo
No it's not funny
Oh no it's not funny
I hear you laughing but I swear it's not funny
You think it's humorous the way we fade away
But one day you'll feel it too and this is what you'll say:
I've had too much sleep, too much sleep, I've slept too much
I slept way too much, I really overslept
I could've been awake but I slept way too much
Oh I can sleep safely in the u.s.a.
Or I could've been out in the sun all day
Or had too much sleep, too much sleep...
I've spent a lot of time up in harlem
And even more in the far east
I never fought for my country
Or from the belly of the beast
'Cause I got plenty aggravation
I can't seem to get too much sleep
Like you're 20 years old before you pick up the tempo
No it's not funny
Oh no it's not funny
I hear you laughing but I swear it's not funny
You think it's humorous the way we fade away
But one day you'll feel it too and this is what you'll say:
I've had too much sleep, too much sleep, I've slept too much
I slept way too much, I really overslept
I could've been awake but I slept way too much
Oh I can sleep safely in the u.s.a.
Or I could've been out in the sun all day
Or had too much sleep, too much sleep...
I've spent a lot of time up in harlem
And even more in the far east
I never fought for my country
Or from the belly of the beast
'Cause I got plenty aggravation
I can't seem to get too much sleep
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