When the rain falls on the asphalt pavements It floats in gutters of the street Down the drainpipes underneath this house We are as quiet as a mouse After the broken arm things went slow Since that day I took a little, took a little, took a little time I went down into a bottomless hole Took a shovel and dug a little, dug a little, dug a little mine We are the creatures of the underworld Beneath the surface of houses and streets, clay and concrete Shoulder to shoulder we hide in this hole Light a candle, we need a little, need a little, need a little flame House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties Through the kerbstones and concrete Take a breath, we need a little, need a little, need a little air Between cables and copper wire The submarine goes up a little, up a little, up a little higher
House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties When the thunder shakes the gutta-percha The rain falls through the heaven hole In the drainpipes underneath this house We are as quiet as a mouse After the broken arm things went slow Since that day I took a little, took a little, I took a little time Shoulder to shoulder we hide in this hole Light a candle, we need a little, need a little, need a little flame House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties House of the sleeping beauties I got out through an open door If there's time I need a little, need a little, need a little more