When one is in desperate need of sleep
With their minds churning out thoughts of upmost irrelevance
She is told, to simply count the sheep

If only the Sandman would possess such benevolence
I want only to collapse into a dreary heap
When one is desperate need of sleep

She is told, to simply count the sheep
In the waking hour of dawn, weary from Sandman's malevolence
Inexplicable panic begins to seep

With their minds churning out thoughts of upmost irrelevance
Sunshine caresses the houses steep
If only the Sandman would possess such benevolence

The neighborhood yawns, the birds begin to cheep
Night refuses an acquiescence
When one is in desperate need of sleep

I wish for once, Night and I will come to a complacence
Languid to the point where I will weep
She is told, to simply count the sheep

One wants a gloaming of reposing divulgence
With their minds churning out thoughts of upmost irrelevance
When one is in desperate need of sleep
She is told, to simply count the sheep.