You would not believe your eyes   If ten million fireflies   Lit up the world as I fell asleep      'Cause they'd fill the open air   And leave teardrops everywhere   You'd think me rude   But I would just stand and stare      I'd like to make myself believe   That planet Earth turns slowly   It's hard to say that I'd rather stay   Awake when I'm asleep   'Cause everything is never as it seems      'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs   From ten thousand lightning bugs   As they tried to teach me how to dance      A foxtrot above my head   A sock hop beneath my bed   A disco ball is just hanging by a thread      I'd like to make myself believe   That planet Earth turns slowly   It's hard to say that I'd rather stay   Awake when I'm asleep   'Cause everything is never as it seems   When I fall asleep      Leave my door open just a crack   (Please take me away from here)   'Cause I feel like such an insomniac   (Please take me away from here)   Why do I tire of counting sheep   (Please take me away from here)   When I'm far too tired to fall asleep      To ten million fireflies   I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes   I got misty eyes as they said farewell      But I'll know where several are   If my dreams get real bizarre   'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar      I'd like to make myself believe   That planet Earth turns slowly   It's hard to say that I'd rather stay   Awake when I'm asleep   'Cause everything is never as it seems   When I fall asleep      I'd like to make myself believe   That planet Earth turns slowly   It's hard to say that I'd rather stay   Awake when I'm asleep   'Cause everything is never as it seems   When I fall asleep      I'd like to make myself believe   That planet earth turns slowly   It's hard to say that I'd rather stay   Awake when I'm asleep   Because my dreams are bursting at the seams