Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man   Wipe the blood from you face and your hands   Forgive yourself if you think that you can   Go to sleep, go to sleep my man      Twenty-one days lost at sea I fought   For twenty-two years non-stop I've talked   Through the desert, pissed drunk, and confused I walked   I spit a tooth in the palm of my hand      Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man   Wipe the blood from you face and your hands   Forgive yourself if you think that you can   Go to sleep, go to sleep my man      Well the wind and the trees are ganging up on me   They sing my funeral song in harmony   Well I just want to walk home on the drunk I need   But they keep singing and singing and singing to me...   La, La, La, La, La, La (I hear them singing)   La, La, La, La, La, La (Singing for me)   La, La, La, La, La, La (Oh!)      Well I wish things were different, true, and deep   But everything that's so shallow is everything about me   If only I could just take all my money and leave   I hope the people on the ground will understand   I hope the people out there will understand      Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man   Wipe the blood from you face and your hands   Forgive yourself if you think that you can   Go to sleep, go to sleep my man   La, La   Go to sleep, go to sleep my man   La, La   Go to sleep, go to sleep my man