My eyelids just started
To close upon me,
And my head slowly
Began to droop down.

All that I wanted to do
Was to go and lie down,
And to take some deep breaths
And have a sweet luscious dream.

But I knew I couldn’t
Dare to afford it,
With all the many thoughts
Hanging loose upon me.

So with great difficulty
Did I have to push it away.
Oh, to sleep, to sleep,
Was not to be for me.