christiansongwriter
gospelrock
Lyrics
V1:
Couldn't get back to sleep when I woke last night
From a dream separating the dark and the light
Well I've slept through some doozies, like movies in my mind
Of the good and the bad and the ugly so I
Know a man's got to know his limitations in life...
...Nothing much going on as you slept last night
V2:
God formed a man, dust of the earth
With no suitable partner for a man at first
So God made Lauren for Bogart, Ginger for Astaire
Authur had his Guinevere
Saved the best one for last though, and brought you here
V3:
Said a voice in my dream when you act out in anger ...You choose it
And as hard as it is to forgive those who've lied to you...do it
I said, might be true, prob'ly is, in fact, but...
Can't you do any better than that?
What if that lying snake from the garden comes back?
Chorus:
You know I've thought all about that, he said, but I swear
Ain't gonna happen any time, any place, anywhere
If you don't mind my sayin', here's some words of advice
Carol Anne don't go into the light
Leaving me in the dark to choose left or right....
....I was scared half to death as you slept last night
V4:
Any semblance of order within my world faded fast
Followed Alice down rabbit holes into a looking glass
I saw an emperor's new clothes
Where truth is a disease
Everyone says God Bless You before you sneeze
And the naked go round with an ace up their sleeve
Chorus:
Began to question everything I hold dear and believe
No holy grail as my quest, just the facts, ma'am for me
But any honest theological quest for truth
Will rain modern day pharisees down on you
That you're a heretic is all they will ever agree to
V5
Seems a young man just can't understand his next stop's being old
Never thought much about it myself past what I had been told
But now I'm keenly aware my next stop will be
Where mortality will be the death of me
Something went real bad wrong with the family tree
I felt a presence I thought being with Jesus might be
It seemed so vivid and real as he pleaded with me
Flee from the darkness and go to the light
Where I waited with Carol Anne all night
But you never showed up as we hoped you might...
...Nothing much going on as you slept last night
V6
Down a dark, dusty lane there's a crossroad, a serpent waits there
Offered the world for my soul, I declined, he said "Boy don't you dare!"
I cursed, Do what you will, What the hell do I care
Devil laughed, Son, what the hell is Hell doing there?
You lean toward the obscene, Christian. Really good form there!
I get back to my home, an angel with a message is there
An invitation with my name inscribed by my chair
It was postmarked Eden, I read it and cried
It's a garden party, no closing time
Be my honored guest, signed the bread of life
Felt a kiss on my forehead, a whisper said "Sleep tight"...
...Nothing much going on as you slept last night