She says they're waking up
from slumber centuries untold
They tyranny of human minds
Is broken as the truth unfolds
Like a shadow they'll be gone
Unless I wrote it down all wrong
The sleeping world is resting like the cat under my house
Just like the brick I saved from that old church the man from Walmart had torn down
The sleeping dog was all the dog you could afford
The truth is that poor animal could never learn a single word
He howled all night in protest
Too bad that I was the closest
Couldn't get a thought in edgewise
Not about the girl
And the loudest sound that we could make was not enough to wake the sleeping world
She says I burnt the pot I tried to cook the lentils in
It's not my fault I'm just a gathering and hunting man
The fiddle player all in black
was that just a dream I had
The sleeping world is rising like a butcher in the night
Like the girl who tried to kill the wolf but couldn't keep her story right.
The vanished bird was all we heard when the preacher came to talk
He tried and tried to stem the tide but all the gates were left unlocked
He howled all night in protest
Too bad that I was the closest
Couldn't get a thought in edgewise
Not about the girl
And all the atom bombs in North Dakota are not enough to wake the sleeping world
