while you were sleeping   the babies grew   the stars shined and the shadows moved   time flew, the phone rang   there was a silence when the kitchen sang   its songs competed like kids for space   we stared for hours in our maker's face   they gave us picks   said go mine the sun   and go gold and come back when you're done   while you were sleeping   you tossed, you turned   you rolled your eyes as the world burned   the heavens fell, the earth quaked   i thought you must be, but you weren't awake   no, you were sleeping   you ignored the sun   you grew your power garden   for your little ones   and you found brides for them on christmas eve   they hung young cain from the adam trees   and danced   while you were sleeping   i tossed and i turned   til i closed my eyes   but the future burned   through the planet turned a hair gray   as i relived the day   while you were sleeping   the money died   machines were harmless and the earth sighed   through the wind you slept sound   and gravity caught my love around   the ocean rose, sang about decay   while witches flew   and the mermaids stayed   full of dreams, you overslept   and keeping with quiet, through the walls i crept   i walked on tiptoe, sent darkness swirling over all the kitchen in the early morning   i'll never catch up to you   who sleeps so sound   my arms are useless   my heart beats too loud to go to sleep   my mind's too proud to bow out   while you were sleeping   the time changed   all your things were rearranged   your vampire mirrors face to face   they saw forever out into space   and found you dreaming in black and white   while it rained in all the colors of the night   i watched the tvs   memories   championships   vanished to sea   could it be, my honey between you and me   so i waited for the riddled sky   to be solved again by sunrise   and i've made a death suit for life   for my father's ill widowed wife   did you have that strangest dream before you woke   cos in your gown you had the butterfly stroke   did it escape you like some half told joke?   when you reached for your plume of smoke   it'll haunt you, my honey bee   anyone who is anyone has that same dream   were you falling   were you flying   and were you calling out   or were you dying   thank god you're up now   let's stay that way   else there'll be no mornings   and no more days   cos when we're dreaming   our babies grow   the sun shines   and the shadows flow   time flies   the phone rings   there is a silence   and everybody tries to sing