Waking Rothko - Asleep At The Wheel lyrics

Apparently the love of me is enough to put a girl to sleep Or so I hear when I check in to see what kind of shape she's in December 2003 waiting and unnerved maybe She decides to go for a Mulholland drive Clear her mind She's so resigned She can't ever stay awake She can't keep her eyes open She falls fast asleep She's convinced herself and me The medication's cheating her Out of a life A life she has to find Since I left her behind In the daylight this time The time five years before meant so much more When she moved east and knocked on my door I was busy working making plans She had picked up smoking in Japan I didn't notice how thin she'd become You see the thing about me is I'm hard to be with hard to be without Sometimes I just wish she would Clear her mind She's so resigned She can't ever stay awake And everything's silent when she screams And everything's perfect when she dreams I didn't know when I left that night That I couldn't save her by holding her tighter Twists and turns her cigarette burns She thinks of all the things she's learned About me, about men, about free And she sighs, and she cries Cause she can't ever stay awake And once in awhile it's okay to give in And fall fast asleep with ripe lips in a grin She can't keep her eyes open But I can't close mine In the daylight this time