Sleepy Metal Box

Marty Willson-Piper
(Castle Music/ASCAP)

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Apr. 21, 2015]

Sleepy metal box how many secrets do you hold
Inside your head how many stories have you told
A secret life, a seaworld swim
And you at the bottom where most things begin

Sleepy metal box
Sleepy metal box

Biscuit crumb graveyard how much sweetness
Inside your head you scheme with the neatness
A forty mile leap to the bedroom floor
And black sugar in a cake-stand war

Speckled moon with a slight dip
The sky is a pencil and you're the tip
Draw me an ocean where I can swim
Or a sleepy metal box where I can begin

Lacey lacey can the curtains cope
Throw me a ladder or swing me a rope
I'm a romantic gypsy king
Stealing the box where all things begin

Sleepy metal box
Sleepy metal box

I purchase wicker baskets empty
Fill them up so there is plenty
Down at the bottom when everything's gone
Your grateful circle has again begun

Joining the sun with a curving line
Sink behind the cloak of time
Throw me the moon and I'll check it's locked
Sleepy sleepy metal box

Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy
Sleepy metal box, yeah

Joining the sun with a curving line
Sink behind the cloak of time
Throw me the moon and I'll check it's locked
Sleepy sleepy metal box