Hold up your glasses A shout for the masses Here we go And so begins the show And not for the first time You step on the fault line Just like that We watch the fireworks start Oh, sleep if you can You said it was alright You said it was just Another night But your eyes betray the fire And as for this new land Well it's not what you had planned Right 'em off For this life is still as tough Oh, sleep if you can Tell me that it isn't true The things you say to do For my rage flies And a man dies So this is what I'd like to do But I don't think that you want me to Cos people are listening and watching and pointing They're looking from windows And leaning on porches So don't say a word If you want to be here in the morning Morning And so it all ends here Almost away Out the door But I'm suddenly fixed to the floor Oh, sleep if you can