These Men Who Never Sleep

The city's sleeping now time's standing still

But some aren't sleeping now some never will

The night is watched by sleepless eyes and prowled by sleepless men

Haunted by a yesterday that's filled with what might have been

Vacant windows stare down at them as they search the empty streets

For answers they know they'll never find these men who never sleep

They've tossed and turned and read and smoked and bravely try again

And pray for sleep to simply come and gently cover them

But the nameless pain makes them rise to walk the silent streets

For only love can close the eyes of these men who never sleep

The city's sleeping now time's standing still

But some aren't sleeping now some never will

So we'll leave them there to walk and search with burnin' eyes and souls

The silence of the endless night neath stars of frozen gold

As they wait the touch of the Master's hand to bring them eternal peace

Then with smilin' lips they'll close their eyes these men who never sleep

The city's waking now a new day dawns

But for the sleepless ones the night goes on