Protecting you Protecting me I throw the evidence into a trunk And drop it in the sea Lie awake I sleep awake I sleep with eye on the bedroom door The other on the cake Protecting me Protecting you Carving away our finger prints out of Our finger tips until they're smooth Lie awake I sleep awake I sleep with one hand on my royal flush The other on the take Sleep awake Protecting this Protecting that Call it a dead beat with his dead bolt Wrapped around his artifact Protecting that Lie awake I sleep awake I go to bed with all my lights turned on So I don't slip away I stay awake Out on the street I keep a started car Who only waits for me Conveniently Lie awake I sleep awake Lie awake I sleep awake