Rem - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite lyrics

This here is the place I will be staying

There isn't a number. You can call the pay phone

Let it ring a long, long, long, long time

If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more

If I don't pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil.

Refrein:

Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her up (3x).

There are scratches all around the coin slot

Like a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up

But this machine can only swallow money

You can't lay a patch by computer design

It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs.

Tell her

Tell her she can kiss my ass, then laugh and say that you were only kidding

That way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me.

Refrein (3x).

Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me.

Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial

A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice

A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading of Doctor Seuss.

Refrein.

The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way

Always had a smile and a reason to pretend

But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream

The sidewinder sleeps on his back.

Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. (2x)

I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her.

Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. (2x)

I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her

I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. (2x)

We've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one.