Sleepwalker from Many Waters by Helen Hummel

Hey sleepwalker, so you think you can leave
Just cuz you’re leaving in the night.
Hey sleep talker how can you say these things to me
Just cuz we’re laying side by side?

Everybody knows it’s nights like these
When the dark fills up with doubt.
Words so brutal, blood, and broken teeth
Are filling up my mouth.

I want you to stay
I want you to stay
I want you to stay

If you do it for the love please leave me some
Of that money that you’ve got.
I can’t afford to wait around here, honey
Are you leaving or not?
Oooh are you leaving or not?

This tiny room, your measured steps
It ain’t no way to sleep.
I kick awake, hold my breath.
I guess it’s good enough for me.

I want you to stay
I want you to stay
I want you to stay

Can’t pry my mouth open
Still full of blood and broken teeth
I can’t let go
Ain’t it plain to see? Oh nights just like these
It all starts to show
Ooooh it all starts to show.

You never slow, you never turn,
You never bow your head
Honey, you know I never learned
How to keep you in this bed

I want you to stay
I want you to stay
I want you to stay here
Ooooh, I want you to stay here
Hey sleepwalker so you think you can leave
Just cuz you’re leaving in the night?

• Acoustic
• Folk
• acoustic
• fingerpicking
• folk
• inde
• indie
• singer-songwriter
• vermont
• vermont music
• Bristol