The Sleeping Beauty - American Music Club

As I drove away over the dead leaves of your southern town

In the mirror I saw you wave, in the mirror I saw you

As the autumn fell until I made my turn, I thought, oh well

I thought well, this could be the last time I see your beautiful hands

Your frozen hands, your trembling hands

That could not hold on to any heart that’s warm or any lie that’s cold

Your hands are paper burning in the sun

I’d like to get there safe, I’d like to get my sleep

I’m selfish with my time, like it was something I could keep

Oh, but you know the truth, it never helped you much

It only beat its drum, it woke sleeping beauty

Yeah, it woke her up too much, it woke you up too much

The bankers, the liars and the thieves

They want to sell you into a life of fear

They call it a plan that will make you free

But nothing’s free

You taught me that my dear

No one could love the way she loves

With the blind purity of the honey bee

Oh, but now that sweetness is like a mistake I grieve

It only poisons my life, becomes a prison I, a prison I never wanna leave

As I drove away over the dead leaves

And merged into the stream of those who know their lines

Stagnant reasons why we travel so far away from our hearts

Like flies caught in jars, little flies buzzing in cars