While You Were Sleeping

writers(s): robin lee bruce
bonnie baker
mitzi dawn

while you were sleeping
you looked so peaceful
i quietly kissed your cheek
your steady breathing
said you were dreaming
so i tiptoed out the door
while you were sleeping

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i backed up the u-haul
couldn't quite get it all
just the dishes and the kids
and the money that you hid
that you thought i'd never find
quite as a church mouse
'til i slammed the door on our house
to let you know that i was leaving
while you were sleeping

while you were sleeping i was needing
you to just wake up
and be a man
but your lying, drinking, cheating, breakin my heart ways
was more than i could stand
but could i stand alone
there's only one way to know

(repeat)

while you were sleeping i was driving
further than i'd ever had before
and those babies in the back seat
reminding me
of what i'm driving for
i wish i could've stayed
but you wouldn't change