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Sleep With Me

Please sleep with me, I’d be proud to love and leave you
Lose my lust then leave your life alone
Please sleep with me, while I’m on my best behaviour
One of the things I can’t keep up for too long

Please sleep with me, before you get to know me
Learn my habits and I lose my mystery
Please sleep with me, don’t let’s stop and think this over
Put this one down to irresponsibility

And all you’ll hear as you lie here is you’re beautiful to me
Let’s keep it clear that you’re not here to waste your life with me

Please sleep with me, while we’re neither not quite sober
Pleasure plays before reason gets aroused
Please sleep with me, though not a soul mate nor a saviour
Stay the night and I’ll try to make your day

Please sleep with me, I will love you ever after
Though nothing physical like standing by your side
Please sleep with me, before I disappoint you
Meet your mother and learn to criticise

And all I fear is our lives steer clear of the best things in life they say are free
And if all I feel are your hard high heels it’s a learning curve for me

Unlock the cages that are labelled right and wrong
Let out the monkeys and the cats a while
Re-write the pages that would tell you how it’s done
Though I won’t argue if you run a mile

Please sleep with me, before we even think of going shopping
While my job is to soil not wash your underwear
Please sleep with me - and thank you for not noticing I’m a little older
Give a life a linger longer lay

And all you’ll hear as you lie here is you’re beautiful to me
Let’s keep it clear that you’re not here to waste your life with me


By John Parkes

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from Bleeding Edge / Distant Past, released October 14, 2013
Acoustic guitar, vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals - John Parkes

Drums – Gogs Byrn

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