Half asleep, half a Billboard, half a street   Well, that's my window   All in all, if you wanna know   I'm half asleep      Old friends and strangers   They treat me like a little girl   But not you, dear   You were always here      Like back in the black and white spotlight   And I'd smoked a packed house   And you were sitting pretty then   Just like you're doing now      I was so convinced or so they say   I could have gone all the way   Like everything else   I did it halfway      Half asleep, that's where the dreams   And demons meet   Say stop the laughter, dim the roar   This clown's not funny anymore      Friends used to say that to me   Treat me like a little girl   But not you, dear   You were always here      You're back when we tripped the light out of sight   The band would play   I'd sing my heart out for drunken crowds   It didn't mean a thing      We were so alone   I loved you so   Doesn't seem like   An hour ago      And when I'm down and out   I try to figure out   What was it all about?   Was the spark always there?      I only know now   I wanna take another breath      Half asleep, no keep talking, I'm still here   Don't let them take you away, my dear   Someone said, "He can't hear you   He's half asleep"      Half asleep