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I Can't Sleep Lyrics
i was lookin' thru my window
i was lookin' thru my eyes
and there's a big black car coming
get off the street outside - come in
go into a pipedream no-one listens anyway
when i say i'm so sad about, not so glad about,
i'm so mad - i can't sleep tonight
i was going thru a nightmare
i was layin' on the line
and there's a big black train coming
d'you think it would be a shame running
go into bathroom
no-one looking anyway
when i say i'm so sad about, not so glad about,
i'm so mad - i can't sleep tonight
i was lookin' thru my window
i was lookin' thru my eyes
and there's a big black cloud coming
get off the street outside - come in
go into a pipedream no-one listens anyway
when i say i'm so sad about, not so glad about,
i'm so mad - i can't sleep tonight
i was lookin' thru my eyes
and there's a big black car coming
get off the street outside - come in
go into a pipedream no-one listens anyway
i'm so mad - i can't sleep tonight
i was layin' on the line
and there's a big black train coming
d'you think it would be a shame running
go into bathroom
no-one looking anyway
i'm so mad - i can't sleep tonight
i was lookin' thru my eyes
and there's a big black cloud coming
get off the street outside - come in
go into a pipedream no-one listens anyway
i'm so mad - i can't sleep tonight
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Could be miles off, but to me it's about running away from life's problems through drugs.
gunna have to agree with idleDreamer. its prolly most likely about drugs, and id suggest heroin. only reason is because seeing as its hard to sleep on heroin. also he mentions : "and there's a big black train coming d'you think it would be a shame running go into bathroom no-one looking anyway" people call syringes trains, and he mentions going into a bathroom and that no ones looking. the final suggestion to why its a song prolly about heroin is i have heard that the song "there she goes" is about heroin
@LiberatingFrance it is? I've never tried it, so I wouldn't know...
@LiberatingFrance it is? I've never tried it, so I wouldn't know...
Brilliant.
My favorite track on the album. I love the part near the end where it threatens to turn psychedelic with "tonight" repeated again and again slower and slower, but then just snaps right back into the rest of the song. For a second though it almost becomes the middle section of the Small Faces song "Lazy Sunday". Nice.
@enjoymywaffles == You are spot on!
@enjoymywaffles == You are spot on!
Yes, this is coming to you from the future. 14 years, give or take. Oh man, stay where you are. You have NO IDEA what's coming...
Yes, this is coming to you from the future. 14 years, give or take. Oh man, stay where you are. You have NO IDEA what's coming...
Anyhoo... You nailed this song, also my favorite on the album. I love it when the chorus kicks in:
Anyhoo... You nailed this song, also my favorite on the album. I love it when the chorus kicks in:
When I say I'm so sad about, Not so glad about I'm so mad, I can't sleep tonight
When I say I'm so sad about, Not so glad about I'm so mad, I can't sleep tonight
Like Mavers having and call-n-response with himself. It's SO Mavers. That one snippet captures his power-pop brilliance.
Like Mavers having and call-n-response with himself. It's SO Mavers. That one snippet captures his power-pop brilliance.
This album is still highly regarded among the elite power-pop fans here in the future. Did...
This album is still highly regarded among the elite power-pop fans here in the future. Did I mention we have robots?
brilliant