DESCRIPTION:
When You Are Sleeping, You Know I'll Be There (In The Yard) - From Beck's Song Reader

Footage: Jaromil Jireš 'Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders'

Lyrics (chorus by Beck):
Verse 1
You took a sip and you fell asleep
With your eyes wide shut
And I watched you fall so deep
Dead to the world
I'll watch over you, dream girl

Verse 2
You keep your head still upon the pillow
As you slip downstream
The brightest flame has the darkest shadow
But if you hear this lullaby
Then you'll know I'm nearby

Chorus
When you are sleeping, you know I'll be there (in the yard)
Waiting for you to wake up

Verse 3
You've broken through the looking glass
And you've shattered the dream
You try to put it all back together
You start to take aim
But can you pull the trigger?

Verse 4
Cause all that's golden doesn't glitter
And all that glitters not gold
And the taste is always bitter
When your hopes and your fears
Go to the highest bidder

Chorus
When you are sleeping, you know I'll be there (in the yard)
Waiting for you to wake up

Verse 5
Sleeping Beauty or Snow White
Could this be our mid-summer night?
We'll hold your dreams for ransom
If the price is right

They say the darkest dreams always come
Just before the dawn
So lie back, girl, keep your eyes closed
We'll catch them as they fall

All these things I'll never say
But I can sing them in a song
Before you awake from Wonderland
At the break of dawn

If you can hear this lullaby
Then you'll know that I'm nearby

Chorus
When you are sleeping, you know I'll be there (in the yard)
Waiting for you to wake up
Singing a song, waiting for you to wake up
Singing a song, waiting for you to wake up