The Dolls Are Sleeping Performed by Shemekia Copeland Written by John Hahn & Will Kimbrough Came into my room Lookin' like death Wild look in his eyes Liquor on his breath He said lay still Don't make a fuss My old teddy bear sittin' there staring at us The dolls are sleepin' Right next to me The dolls are sleepin' Close my eyes Tryin' to pray But his face Never goes away Try to stop hatin' I know I must But how do you love When you can't trust? The dolls are sleepin' Up on the shelf Keepin' those secrets All to themselves The dolls are sleepin' Who's gonna believe? Where's the proof? Who's gonna believe In my truth The dolls are sleepin' Now the dolls are sleepin' In a second hand store Won't be no secrets Anymore The dolls are sleepin' And if that night I had no choice Well, I know now I found my voice The dolls were sleepin'