Story Behind The Song

i'm a daddy .... i don't get much sleep and other things, so i write songs about it.

Song Description

missisng libido's, four letter words, talking on the phone, my own food, being soft spoken, my first name and most of all .... sleep

Lyrics

John Powers
168 Central ST.
Holliston, MA 01746

I miss sleep

I miss sleep, I miss sleep.
I used to get eight hours deep.
My little kids keep my poor eyelids
open all night. I weep,
?coz I miss sleep.

I miss my own food, I miss my own food
I?ve got to share every morsel with my brood
They think it?s great to eat off my plate
But I think it?s rude
I miss my own food

I miss my libido, I miss my libido
I used to think it was neato.
Now I?m turned on by a well groomed lawn
Or a breakfast burrito.
I miss my libido

I miss my first name, I miss my first name
I haven?t heard it since they came.
What drives me batty, even my mom calls me Daddy.
In some ways I?m to blame.
I still miss my first name

I miss being soft spoken, I miss being soft spoken.
It?s hard to speak softly when all you own is now broken.
You got no choice but to raise your voice
To prevent poking and provoking.
I miss being soft spoken.

I miss four letter words, I miss four letter words.
Cussing, and cursing and flipping the bird.
Oh what I?d give to utter an expletive.
Could be a noun or a verb
I miss four letter words.

I miss talking on the phone, I miss talking on the phone.
I can?t talk on the gosh darned phone whenever they?re home
It?s Custer?s last stand when they see a receiver in my hand
Or hear a ring or dial tone
I miss talking on the phone

But most of all ?.

I miss sleep, I miss sleep
I miss spooning with my wife in a pillow and blanket heap
Since we procreated, nine months after we mated
I?ve counted a trillion sheep
Oh I miss sleep.