Now I lay me down not to sleep   I just get tangled in the sheets   I swim in sweat three inches deep   Just lay back and claim defeat      Chapter read and lesson learned   Turned the lights off while she burned   So while she's three hundred degrees   I throw the sheets off and I freeze      Lids down   I count sheep   I count heartbeats   The only thing that counts is that I won't sleep   I count down   I look around      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      My hands are locked up tight in fists   My mind is racing filled with lists   Of things to do and things I've done   Another sleepless night's begun      Lids down   I count sheep   I count heartbeats   The only thing that counts is that I won't sleep   I count down   I look around      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      So much joy in life so many pleasures all around   But the pleasure of insomnia is one I've never found   With all life has to offer there's so much to be enjoyed   But the pleasures of insomnia are ones I can't avoid      Lids down   I count sheep   I count heartbeats   The only thing that counts is that I won't sleep   I count down   I look around   (hulla hulla hulla)      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      Who needs sleep   (Well you're never gonna get it)   Who needs sleep   (Tell me what's that for)   Who needs sleep   (Be happy with what you're gettin')   (There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war)      Who needs sleep   (Well you're never gonna get it)   Who needs sleep   (Tell me what's that for)   Who needs sleep   (Be happy with what you're gettin')   (There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war)      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war      Who needs sleep   Well you're never gonna get it   Who needs sleep   Tell me what's that for   Who needs sleep   Be happy with what you're gettin'   There's a guy who's been awake since the second world war