Sleeper In Metropolis - Anne Clark

Sleeper, Sleeper, Sleeper, Sleeper There's an old grey coupe been comin' around and it looks like nothin' But sad All scratched and dirty with a cracked windshield and the paint job's Really bad Well her fenders shake and a taillight's gone and the rust is showin' Through She's a dog on top but a devil underneath and she'll make a fool of you Sleeper, Sleeper, watcher kinda close don't laugh too loud or smile She may look funny but don't you know, that bone yard devil can really Go Nine flat in a quarter mile Sleeper, Sleeper, watcher kinda close don't laugh too loud or smile She may look funny but don't you know, that bone yard devil can really Go Nine flat in a quarter mile She's a dog on top and a devil underneath and you wouldn't believe your Eyes When she leaves a Cobra sittin' on the line, somebody's gonna get wise Well nobody's touched that old grey coupe and nobody's shut her down Comin' long side or waitin' for the light, you can hear that big bad Sound Sleeper, Sleeper, leave me alone don't want no more I'm wise She may not shine or look so neat, with her tailpipe draggin' down the Street But it's just a big disguise Well it's just a big disguise Well it's just a big disguise Well it's just a big disguise

Oh, oh, I can't even take it in Oh, oh, I can't even take it in Oh, oh, I left my heart in Metropolis So far apart, I check that the coast was clear I feel like a postcard, I wish you were here A subway through the dark, carriage through the park Taxi down the street, get out and use my feet Don't matter much to me what it is that I do As long as I'm coming home with you Oh, oh, oh, as far as I can see You're the only one, the only one who can get to me Like a hijacked plane or a runaway train Or a speeding bullet, there's no stopping this I left my heart in Metropolis A thousand miles feels like a million years Like hundreds of postcards that say I wish you were here Airplane through the sky, greyhound racing by Dirt bike on the beach, sailboat on the sea Don't matter much to me what it is that I do As long as I'm coming home with you Oh, oh, oh, as far as I can see You're the only one, the only one who can get to me Like a hijacked plane or a runaway train Or a speeding bullet, there's no stopping this I left my heart in Metropolis I left my heart in Metropolis Like a hijacked plane or a runaway train Or a speeding bullet, there's no stopping this I left my heart in Metropolis I left my heart in Metropolis I left my heart in Metropolis I left my heart in Metropolis Oh, oh, I can't even take it in Oh, oh, I can't even take it in Oh, oh, I can't even take it in Oh, oh, I left my heart in Metropolis

Every day as heaven Moves further and further away Familiar blue eyes I once knew Turn a colder shade of grey Every day as heaven Moves further and further away Familiar words we used to share Seem so difficult to say And I am alone In a world of cold flesh Cold steel, cold stone I close up like a clam And shut the world out with the slam of the door To shut out all the fighting, all the hatred, all the war You just cannot stay calm When your soul screams less, but something always wants more What for? Every day as heaven Moves further and further away Familiar blue eyes I once knew Turn a colder shade of grey Every day as heaven Moves further and further away Familiar words we used to share Seem impossible to say Every day Every day Heaven moves further and further away Everyday Everyday Heaven is moving further and further away Every day Every day

The wood burns warm The house is still The music soothes And soon I will Look for in another What I'd found in you What we had in each other But you couldn't live through Old love burns My body aches And I'm taking time For as long as it takes As the sunset fades And the moonlight breaks I'll try and put right All my mistakes A throwaway world A throwaway life I'm glad I'm by myself tonight When all passion's spent In the one you love When there's no guiding hands From a god above When all that's left Is never enough But there was a time That I can't find Filled with light From a love inside Filled with love It was a world so wide And we'd run from one To the other side Filled with laughter And a love so bright Now I wait for something By hushed firelight Something that would tell me Everything's all right A throwaway world A throwaway life I'm glad I'm here by myself tonight Where the wood's all warm And the fire burns bright And I tell myself everything will be all right As the sunset fades And the moonlight breaks The world is a small warm room tonight