Counting Sheep

Sigh into your cup of coffee
 As you watch the morning news
 There goes your good day
 There's the knot on the noose
 Pop a pill and thus a smile
 Feign contentment for a while
 That's all you know how to do
 When the wool is off your eyes
 You'll stop counting sheep at night
 'Cause you'll get your fill of them
 During the day time.
 Medicine to make you thin
 But puts an end to your dreamin
 Bleeding together--
 The nights seem to stretch on forever
 Morning comes a day too soon
 You're back inside your tiny room
 Waiting for something
 So good at doing nothing
 When the wool is off your eyes
 You'll stop counting sheep at night
 'Cause you'll get your fill of them
 During the day time.
 As the sunlight filters in
 There your daily dread sets in
 The cycle's beginning
 And in your head, alarms are ringing
 Something in you's fast asleep
 Afraid to be who you will be
 It's a losing battle,
 So why are you still fighting?
 When the wool is off your eyes
 You'll stop counting sheep at night
 'Cause you'll get your fill of them
 During the day time.
 Are you sleeping,
 Are you sleeping,
 Brother John?
 Bells are ringing
 Bells are ringing
 Ding, ding, dong