Sleeping With The Past Songtext / Lyric

Sleeping With The Past

music by Elton John . lyrics by Taupin
album Sleeping With The Past 1989


like a thief he's come
like a thief he's gone
stolen your tears one by one

you're proud to love him
it's a foolish sign
you're a broken heart
at the scene of the crime

don't go sleeping with the past
don't go praying he'll come back
take a deep breath
and deny
you could love a man like that

don't go sleeping with the past
don't go waking with the dream
there's no tenderness left
in the cracks you step between

if it looks like rain
if it makes no sounds
it's an echo of pain on common ground

when the night drags on
when the fever burns
come to your senses
everybody learns

love's like a junkie
addiction's a fact
passion's a monkey
you can't keep off your back

don't go sleeping with the past
don't go praying he'll come back
take a deep breath
and deny
you could love a man like that

don't go sleeping with the past
don't go waking with the dream
there's no tenderness left
in the cracks you step between

but he takes love
and he turns it cold
he's just an ice man honey
ain't got no heart of gold

but he sees you
and he runs from you
come on and shake this shadow that you're clinging to

and he'll hurt you
and he'll run from you
come on and shake this shadow that you're clinging to

don't go sleeping with the past
don't go praying he'll come back
take a deep breath
and deny
you could love a man like that

don't go sleeping with the past
don't go waking with the dream
there's no tenderness left
in the cracks you step between

there's no tenderness left
in the cracks you step between