Frances Luke Accord - Insomnia Lyrics

When the city sleeps
What’s the thing that keeps you up at night?
And if only I could dream
And tap into the repressed sights and scenes
Of yesterday’s happenings
I’ve wandered down these halls
Frozen in time like a cold dark night
This is still life it seems
Well I’d tell you where I’m going
If I knew the way

So wandering child
Take me away
From these lonely hours
For in your heart lies
The truth in the night
And I long to hear your open mind

Well the night grows old
As the shadows from the moon they grow greater still.
My mind runs like the wind
Racing through those thoughts that I’d left behind
In the cobwebs of my mind
It’s about high time
The wind settled down and the lights dimmed low
And the time began to fade
Well I’d tell you where I’m going
If I knew the way

So wandering child
Take me away
From these lonely hours
For in your heart lies
The truth in the night
And I long to hear your open mind

Kumbayah my lord, kumbayah
Kumbayah my lord, kumbayah

To feel the bitter breeze
Or a lover’s touch to cure my mind’s disease
But lonesome all the while
Staring at the ceiling so dull and white
Maybe God can hear me sigh

I’ve counted every star
And thought and every thought about where you are
And where I ought to be
I’ll tell you where I’m going
If I knew the way