who needs sleep þarký sözü

words & music by steven page & ed robertson

now i lay me down not to sleep
i just get tangled in the sheets
i swim in sweat three inches deep
i just lay back and claim defeat

chapter read and lesson learned
i turned the lights off while she burned
so while she´s three hundred degrees
i throw the sheets off and i freeze

lids down, i count sheep
i count heartbeats
the only thing that counts is
that i won´t sleep
i countdown, i look around

who needs sleep?
(well you´re never gonna get it)
who needs sleep?
(tell me what´s that for)
who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you´re getting
there´s a guy who´s been awake
since the second world war)

my hands are locked up tight in fists
my mind is racing filled with lists
of things to do and things i´ve done
another sleepless night´s begun

lids down, i count sheep
i count heartbeats
the only thing that counts is
that i won´t sleep
i countdown, i look around

who needs sleep?
(well you´re never gonna get it)
who needs sleep?
(tell me what´s that for)
who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you´re getting
there´s a guy who´s been awake
since the second world war)

who needs sleep?
(well you´re never gonna get it)
who needs sleep?
(tell me what´s that for)
who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you´re getting
there´s a guy who´s been awake
since the second world war)

there´s so much joy in life,
so many pleasures all around
but the pleasure of insomnia
is one i´ve never found
with all life has to offer,
there´s so much to be enjoyed
but the pleasures of insomnia
are ones i can´t avoid

lids down, i count sheep
i count heartbeats
the only thing that counts is
that i won´t sleep
i countdown, i look around

hala hala hala...

who needs sleep?
(well you´re never gonna get it)
who needs sleep?
(tell me what´s that for)
who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you´re getting
there´s a guy who´s been awake
since the second world war)