I Can't Sleep

What is that velvet slumber-shattering shriek

How come one bird makes so much noise with its beak

The song it's crocking on the harp of my nerves

It's sucking all my diplomatic reserves

Oh, I can't sleep, don't tell me I need vitamins

Or minerals or other things that don't come cheap

Oh, I can't sleep, I look as if a feathered freak

Kept me from my dreams all week and I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

What is this hurricane afflicting my sheets

I spent an hour laying out flat and neat

Now it's twisting or turning all down my legs to my feet

Seems like a storm is brewing and I'm stewing in heat

Oh, I can't sleep, don't tell me that I need to brew

Steeped-up caffeine to the taste of rotten sheep

Oh, I can't sleep, I look as if an evil gale

Spun my sheet into a tail and I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't

What are these pricklings popping up in my head

Come all ye sicklings, come and join me in bed

All these dreams of madness 'round my skull rattling

Like the seeds in the maraca of a carnival game

Oh, I can't sleep, don't tell me I need yoga

'Cause I'll dislocate my shoulder in a pillow-heap

Oh, I can't sleep, I look as if some motions

Have accorded me commotions and I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

I can't sleep, I can't sleep, I can't sleep

Naughty bird, he goes cheepy-cheepy

Dusty sheet, it goes creepy-creepy

Crazy thoughts, they go laby-laby

Broken man, he goes weepy-wee

Turn off that radio, I'm going mad