Cousins I leave you with your head buried in the pillow Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy As twisted as a knot, as tangled as a wire Burning like a coal on the open fire Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. I talk to you in riddles of the drunken sailor Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy As pretty as a rose, as bitter as a thorn A smear of virgin blood on the broken dawn Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. Now did you hear the wind, did you ride the carousel Did you find the seaman's mission, only time can really tell Or do you see your future in the wishing well Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy. I brush you with a kiss as the moonlight murmurs Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy As simple as defeat, as certain as a toy Crying like a girl with the future of a boy Oh so sleepy, oh so sleepy.