Smiling in Your Sleep

Before the sun has risen in the morning While lanterns are still glowing on the street Before the faithful rooster starts his crowing cnd hours have passed since you last brushed your teeth cges till your eyes have opened Long until your lips have spoken Softly as you sip your cup of tea That's when I will kiss you In the middle of the night So I can see you smiling in your sleep Before your daily duties start a-knocking cnd phone calls, not so gently, tumble in Before that damned alarm clock does its clocking cnd all your worldly worries start to spin Before your forced to lift your head up From the right side of the bed and Slide your slippers underneath your feet That's when I will kiss you In the middle of the night So I can see you smiling in your sleep When all the world is slipping by While the stars are shooting arrows 'cross the sky I'll fight the urge to float upstream Cuz nothing I could ever dream Would make me feel the way that I do Lying wide awake beside you cfter the workday's journey is completed cfter we've cooked up something good to eat cfter we've made love long into the evening cnd after we've tucked underneath the sheets I'll wait until you've closed your eyes and Drifted off into the night Surrounded by the comfort of a dream For if the Lord should take me from you Before I awake I want to Make this be my final memory cnd that's why I will kiss you in the middle of the night So I can see you smiling in your sleep