Barenaked Ladies - Who Needs Sleep? Lyrics

Now, I lay me down not to sleep
I just get tangled in the sheets
I swim in sweat three inches deep
I just lay back and claim defeat

Chapter read and lesson learned
I turned the lights off while she burned
While she's three hundred degrees
I throw the sheets off and I freeze

With lids down, I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts is that I won't sleep
I countdown, I look around

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)

My hands are locked up tight in fists
My mind is racing filled with lists
Of things to do and things I've done
Another sleepless night's begun

With lids down, I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts is that I won't sleep
I countdown, I look around

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)

There's so much joy in life
So many pleasures all around
But the pleasures of insomnia
Are ones I've never found

With all life has to offer
There's so much to be enjoyed
But the pleasures of insomnia
Are ones I can't avoid

Lids down, I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts is that I won't sleep
I countdown, I look around
(Hala hala hala)

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(Well, you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(Tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(Be happy with what you're getting)
(There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War)