The word after "we were tired from the" and "being tired from the" is actually "tea", not "sleep".
Jo (bassist of the Breeders) mentioned that when she was talking to Kim about the lyrics she "rather liked the scene she depicts of an afternoon spent drinking tea and playing Scrabble." She then said that Kim paused, then explained "it was mushroom tea...".
The word after "we were tired from the" and "being tired from the" is actually "tea", not "sleep". Jo (bassist of the Breeders) mentioned that when she was talking to Kim about the lyrics she "rather liked the scene she depicts of an afternoon spent drinking tea and playing Scrabble." She then said that Kim paused, then explained "it was mushroom tea...".