Oh I shoulda saw it sooner it's a common fact of travel That a body on the move can be a stag And that insinuates a confidence, one I don't really have And it takes a lot of motion to be the lag ohh So I throw a suit and tie on and I bicycle the day away With a suitcase in my hand, for a date I'd wish to make If I loosen up a Windsor would I lose you in my mind What's the matter if it's all before you wake Oh while you were sleeping While you were sleeping ohh While you were sleeping Was I wrong, was I gone I saw a dog along the river collared shepherd call her name Black smokestack in the shadow of the rain And we read aloud to Elliot, Cummings, Elenor the same Don't take it all away, don't take don't take Slip take Oh while you were sleeping While you were sleeping ohh Slip take slip take Slip take and out Slip take Slip take Slip take and out Slip take slip take All while you were sleeping All while you were sleeping ohh All while you were sleeping All while you were sleeping ohh All while you were sleeping All while you were sleeping ohh All while you were sleeping All while you were sleeping ohh Slip take ohh Slip take slip take and out ohh Slip take ohh Slip take slip take and out About the threshold of falling in love in dreams