Sleepin'

Johnny's been runnin' hard all his life 'Cause life never treated him right Well he ain't running now You see his eyes are closed They can't hurt him tonight Sleepin', he's sleepin' Just let him be for a while Don't wake him, don't take him To where the people don't smile Sleepin', my man is sleepin' nice now Please let him stay here with me I promise, I'll keep him At home, where he's supposed to be He's been out there in the street you know And strugglin', scufflin' trying to survive Out there in a rich man's world And now you say my Johnny is not alive But you're wrong, can't you see? Sleepin', he's just sleepin' mister Without a care to his name He's peaceful and he's quiet He's tired of runnin' his game He's been out there in the streets you know With all the pain and all the suffering Out there where you fight like hell He never learned a fix, don't fix a thing Don't touch him Johnny put too much joy in his vanes And now you're trying to tell me he's gone I don't believe you, I'm just gonna sit here And rock him in my arms You see he lives hard, kinda gives hard Now just live for his turn