Thursday, September 14, 2006

Need Sleep

Some days are tougher than others to wake up. Today is one of those days. It reminds me of a song by Riley Armstrong which goes like this:

LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE LIGHT / IT NEVER USED TO BE THAT BRIGHT LAST NITE / BUT IT'S A NEW DAY WITH FUZZ IN MY EYES / ALARM IS STILL RINGING WHEN I OPEN THE BLINDS / HOW DO THESE PEOPLE DO IT / THEY ARE LIKE DRIVING AROUND LIKE THERE'S NOTHING TO IT / I IMAGINE IT'S LIKE THE MEDICATION THEY'RE ON / OR PROBABLY JUST THE COFFEE BUT / ONE THING IS CERTAIN IN LIFE / AND THAT IS THAT TODAY I'M GOING TO EAT CEREAL / I MEAN COME ON LET'S GET OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT / BUT BEFORE YOU KNOW IT I'M OUT THE DOOR LATE / JUST TRYING TO CATCH SOME RAT OR SOME RACE / OR SOMETHING I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT IS / SO FOR NOW I JUST BEST KEEP RUNNING / AND BY NINE A.M. MY BRAIN AND MY BODY / FINALLY DECIDE TO MEET / AND WE COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS YESTERDAY / YOU KNOW WHAT I, NEVER GET ENOUGH SLEEP * SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / ALWAYS WAKING UP TIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / IF I DON'T SHOW UP, I MIGHT GET FIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / ALWAYS WAKING UP TIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / IF I DON'T SHOW UP, I MIGHT GET FIRED * THEY CALL IT COMMUTING / BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD CALL IT INTRAVENOUS / CAUSE IT'S WHAT I NEED EVERY TIME I GET STUCK BEHIND A TRUCK, JUST TRYING TO TURN LEFT, JUST TRYING TO TURN LEFT, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO TURN LEFT / WHY DON'T YOU PARK THAT CRAZY LITTLE CUBE VAN / HOP IN I'LL DORP YOU OFF OR SOMETHING / CAUSE AT THIS RATE WE'LL BOTH BE LATE / BUT I'D RATHER BE LATE THAN BOTH BE SITTING HERE DOING NOTHING / AND BY 9 A.M. MY BRAIN AND MY BODY FINALLY DECIDE TO MEET / AND WE COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS YESTERDAY / THAT I NEVER GET ENOUGH SLEEP * SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / ALWAYS WAKING UP TIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / IF I DON'T SHOW UP, I MIGHT GET FIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / ALWAYS WAKING UP TIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / IF I DON'T SHOW UP I MIGHT GET FIRED / (BRIDGE) SLEEP GO ON AND SLEEP SOME MORE / SLEEP GO ON AND SLEEP SOME MORE * SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / ALWAYS WAKING UP TIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / IF I DON'T SHOW UP, I MIGHT GET FIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / ALWAYS WAKING UP TIRED / SLEEP, NO I NEVER GET ENOUGH / IF I DON'T SHOW UP, I MIGHT GET FIRED


You said it Riley!

1 comment:

Kathi said...

Love this song! It could be my morning song to go by each and every day!

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