Elvis Perkins - While you were sleeping

While ^Gyou were sle^Ceping your^G babies ^Amgrew The s^Gtars shi^Cned and the ^Gshadows ^Ammoved ^GTime ^Cflew the ^Gphone ^Amrang There ^Gwas a ^Csilence when the ^Gkitchen ^Amsang Its ^Gsongs comp^Ceted like ^Gkids for ^Amspace We st^Gared for ^Chours in our ^Gmaker's f^Amace They g^Gave us p^Cicks said "go ^Gmine the^Am sun And g^Go g^Cold and come bac^Gk when you're^Am done" ^GUh o^Ch ^GUh O^Amh

While y^Gou were ^Csleeping you ^Gtossed you ^Amturned You ^Grolled your ^Ceyes as the ^Gworld ^Amburned The ^Gheavens f^Cell the ^Gearth ^Amquaked I t^Ghought you^C must be but you ^Gweren't a^Amwake, no Y^Gou were ^Cdreaming you ^Gignored the^Am sun You grew your p^Gower g^Carden for your ^Glittle ^Amones And you ^Gfound ^Cbrides for them on ^GChristmas ^AmEve They ^Ghung young ^CCain from the^G Adam ^Amtrees ^GAnd^C danced ^Guh^Am oh ^GUh ^COh ^G Uh O^Amh

^AmWhile you were ^Esleeping I tossed and I tu^Amrned too I closed my ey^Dmes but the future bu^Grned through The planet ^Cturned a hair ^Fgrey as I relived the ^Eday

While yo^Gu were sl^Ceeping the m^Goney di^Amed Mac^Ghines were h^Carmless and the ^Gearth s^Amighed ^GThe w^Cind you s^Gwept ^Amsound an^Gd gravi^Cty brought my l^Gove a^Amround The ^Goceans ^Crose sang ^Gabout ^Amdecay The ^Gwitches ^Cflew and the ^Gmermaids ^Amstayed Fu^Gll of ^Cdreams you ^Gover^Amslept In keeping ^Gwith the q^Cuiet through the w^Galls I^Am crept I ^Gwalked on t^Cip-toes sent d^Garkness ^Amswirling over A^Gll the ^Ckitchen in the ^Gearly ^Ammorning ^GUh o^Ch u^Gh o^Amh

I'll never catch ^Eup to you who ^Amsleep so sound My ^Dmyawns are useless my ^Gheart beats too loud To go to ^Csleep my mind's too ^Fproud to bow ^Eout

While y^Gou wer^Ce sleeping th^Ge tim^Ame changed ^GAll your t^Chings were ^Grear^Amranged Your v^Gampire ^Cmirrors ^Gface to^Am face ^GThey saw ^Cforever out ^Ginto sp^Amace and fo^Gund you ^Cdreaming in b^Glack and w^Amhite While it rain^Ged in ^Call the colors o^Gf the ^Amnight ^GUh ^Coh ^Guh ^Amoh

I watched the ^Etv's memor^Amies champion sh^Dmips vanish to se^Ga Can it b^Ce my honey ^Fbee-tween you and me ^E

^GSo I^C waited for th^Ge riddle^Amd sky to be s^Golved^C again by the^G sun^Amrise And I^G made a ^Cdeath ^Gsoup for^Am life ^GFor my ^Cfather's ill w^Gidowed ^Amwife

Did you have that st^Eranger's dream before you ^Amwoke 'Cause in your go^Dwn you had the butterfly st^Groke Did it ^Cescape you like some half-told j^Foke When you reached for your plume of ^Esmoke

And it'll^G hau^Cnt you my ^Ghoney^Am bee Anyone ^Gwho's a^Cnyone has that ^Gsame d^Amream ^GWere you f^Calling ^Gwere you ^Amflying and ^Gwere you ^Ccalling out or ^Gwere you d^Amying But^G thank g^Cod you're up now let's^G stay this^Am way Else there'll ^Gbe no ^Cmornings and ^Gno more^Am days 'Ca^Guse when were ^Cdreaming the ba^Gbies ^Amgrow The ^Gsun sh^Cines and the sh^Gadows f^Amlow Ti^Gme fl^Cies the p^Ghone ^Amrings Th^Gere is a^C silence when e^Gverybody ^Ctries to sing ^GUh ^Coh u^Gh ^Amoh

^GUh ^Coh u^Gh ^Amoh ^GUh ^Coh u^Gh ^Amoh