Point your suit at me and take my breath away Better in black and white and chrome I have to say Now the big sleep You play the hero and the villain every day Equally charming in an unassuming way See the girls weep And now you've said goodbye a million hearts are sad We were there with you Bob so were my mum and dad Now the big sleep Suits and swimming trunks and clergy you don't care Every one of them is scary we beware I like Cape Fear You're out of place in some but you lift them from the mire Better in the heat to watch your pecs perspire Then there was Angel Face And when you leave a scene a thousand footsteps fall Can't wait to see you back and walking very tall Before the big sleep Now sleep ... No-one around like you and Jimmy stuart anymore I'd like to don my suit and even up the score And try to take over Painted ladies ain't so glamorous today Please take me back to 1941 today Before Pearl Harbour You've had some trials and tribulations just the same You have to laugh a lot to stay ahead of the game Before the big sleep Now sleep ...