Lyrics The Girl Who Slept for Scotland - The Waterboys
I
tried
to
sleep
upon
my
back
so
I
could
Hold
her
all
night
long
as
in
my
Arms
she
slept,
alas,
but
no
I
couldn't
And
when
daybreak
came
and
found
her
At
the
far
side
of
the
bed
I
tried
to
Wake
her,
tried
to
stir
her,
but
she
wouldn't
In
her
fug
she
lay
like
someone
dead
And
even
when
I'd
tug
her
head
and
Press
and
nip
and
agitate
and
shake
her
Or
call
her
name
or
whisper
it
against
her
ear,
My
breath
warm,
there
were
No
words
in
this
universe
would
wake
her
The
girl
who
slept
for
Scotland
It
took
me
time
to
comprehend
This
state
of
play
extended
unto
All
her
working,
waking,
shaking
hours
For
when
she
finally
woke,
deep
in
the
day
Still
she
did
sleepwalk
like
a
hollow
ghost
A-float
in
haunted
towers
And
though
she
heard
she
didn't
see
And
though
she
saw
she
didn't
hear,
Attending
only
to
what
seemed
precise
and
kind
For
she
was
settled
in
her
dream,
A
shopping
list
of
small
illusions,
Pretty
stories
that
she
told
her
drowsy
mind
The
girl
who
slept
for
Scotland
Yet
I
remember
a
day
by
a
river
wild
When
she
clung
to
me
hard
like
a
darling
child
And
a
night
in
the
sheets
of
a
Dublin
bed
When
she
moaned
like
a
woman
And
gave
sweet
head
When
we
sang
in
tongues
together
And
our
synchronised
guitars
Played
music
to
the
rafters
Made
love
among
the
stars
And
our
bodies
beat
like
light
In
love's
beautiful
embrace
As
her
tiny
kisses
burst
like
Popping
suns
around
my
face
But
then
drift,
decline,
collapse,
The
lights
went
out,
she
fell
asleep
again
Before
my
kiss-wet
face
was
even
dry
I
need
another
haircut
she'd
say,
Talking
in
her
sleep,
the
sleep-motes
Gathered
in
the
dust-bowls
of
her
eye
She
teetered
down
the
road
apiece,
She
and
her
man,
from
dozy
bedsit
land
To
junkshop,
with
her
sleeping
clothes
in
sacks
And
when
I'd
gone
she
teetered
down
the
road
again,
Yawning
as
she
went,
And
went
and
brought
the
bloody
damn
things
back
The
girl
who
slept
for
Scotland
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