James Downes - I Lay Awake Lyrics

I lay awake till the morning with the slippers of night on my feet
The TV set was competing with the sound of the crowd from the street
But you just stood out there on the roof
With your smile and an old birthday gown
Your wishes were many more than I could shake
As you welcomed the circus to town

Now you left on a tour of all wonders
You opened my night at the seam
And the travels you take I just sit here and wait
For the world to send word where you've been
Now I hardly sleep till the morning
But for dreaming of when I might see
You walk through that door your bag on the floor
And your eyes still only for me

I understood from your letters that once you lived in a shell
Your sister I met at the grotto suggested you'd never been well
But she had never quite cared for the flavors you choose with your wine
And those who say that they love you the best will vouch that you've always been mine