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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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As I drove away over the dead leaves of your southern town<br> | As I drove away over the dead leaves of your southern town<br> | ||
I watched you wave and wave - in the mirror I saw you wave<br> | I watched you wave and wave - in the mirror I saw you wave<br> | ||
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| Song by Mark Eitzel from the album Candy Ass | |
| Released | 2005 |
| Format | CD |
| Label | Cooking Vinyl |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Candy Ass track listing | |
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"Sleeping Beauty" is the 4th song on Mark Eitzel's 8th solo album, 2005's Candy Ass. The song was re-visited by American Music Club for their 2008 album The Golden Age, re-named "The Sleeping Beauty".
Lyrics
Candy Ass version
As I drove away over the dead leaves of your southern town
I watched you wave and wave - in the mirror I saw you wave
As the autumn fell - until I made my turn and I said, "oh well"
This could well be the last time I see your beautiful hands
Your frozen hands, your trembling hands that could not hold on
to any heart that's warm, to any lie that's cold
Your hands were made to burn in the sun
I like to get there safe i like to get my sleep
Selfish with my time, like it was something I could keep
Oh but you know the truth it never helped you much
It only beat it drum, it woke sleeping beauty up too much
It woke her up too much
It woke her up too much
The bankers, the liars, and the thieves
They want to sell you into a life of fear
They call it a plan that will make you free
But nothing's free - you taught me that, my dear
No one can love the way you love
With the blind purity of a honey bee
But now that sweetness feels like a mistake I grieve
It poisons my life - becomes a prison I don't want to leave
As I drove away over the dead leaves
And merged into the stream of those who know their lines
Stagnant reason
Why we travel so far away from our hearts
like flies caught in jars, little flies buzzing in cars
The Golden Age version
As I drove away over the dead leaves of your southern town
In the mirror I saw you wave, in the mirror I saw you
As the autumn fell - until i made my turn I thought, "oh well"
I thought well this could be the last time I see your beautiful hands
Your frozen hands, your trembling hands that could not hold on
to any heart that's warm or any lie that's cold
Your hands are paper burning in the sun
I like to get there safe, I like to get my sleep
I'm selfish with my time, like it was something I could keep
Oh but you know the truth, it never helped you much
It only beat it drum, it woke sleeping beauty
Yeah it woke her up too much
It woke you up too much
The bankers, the liars and the thieves
They want to sell you into a life of fear
They call it a plan that will make you free
But nothing's free - you taught me that, my dear
No one could love the way she loved
With the blind purity of a honey bee
Oh but now that sweetness is like a mistake I grieve
It only poisons my life - becomes a prison I never want to leave
As I drove away over the dead leaves
And merged into the stream of those who know their lines
Stagnant reasons why we travel so far away from our hearts
Like flies caught in jars, little flies buzzing in cars
Video
Also appears on
- Ten Years Of Tears Live version
- The Golden Age AMC version, re-named "The Sleeping Beauty"