作词 : Kevin Ayers/Robert Wyatt/Mike Ratledge

作曲 : Kevin Ayers/Robert Wyatt/Mike Ratledge

It begins with a blessing, it ends with a curse

Making life easy by making it worse

"My mask is my master", the trumpeter weeps

But his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleep

Saying: "Why, why, why...

Why are we sleeping?"

People are watching, people who stare

Waiting for something that's already there

"Tomorrow I'll find it", the trumpeter screams

And remembers he's hungry, and drowns in his dreams

Saying: "Why, why, why...

Why are we sleeping?"

Why, why, why, why are we sleeping?

My head is a nightclub with glasses and wine

The customers dancing or just making time

While Daevid is cursing, the customers scream

Now everyone's shouting, "Get out of my dream!"

Saying: "Why, why, why...

Why are we sleeping?"

It begins with a blessing, it ends with a curse

Making life easy by making it worse

"My mask is my master", the trumpeter weeps

But his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleep

Saying: "Why, why, why...

Why are we sleeping?