Brothers in Rhythm - No Sleep for the Wicked lyrics

[Intro] Psst... wake up... wake up Don't ignore me... wake up [Verse 1] It's worse by the day now, every time I lay down Words come alive in my head, then they play loud (Play loud) It's like they can't find a way out Wanna pull the plug on their party, it's starting to worry me Can't get to sleep when I wanna do How would you feel if your lyrics just followed you Everywhere you went from the street to the bed And repeated through the night everything you said Tried so many things, pen and a pad By the side of my bed but it's sending me mad Every time I recline, I decline to opine But there's always a rhyme at the back of my mind Tried sippin' on bottles of wine when I dine So sleep I can find when it's time for bedtime Rest my head fine, but it's just no use Sentences, now they forming queues I reckon, It's worse me than being heckled Right now my brain's just a broken record Sleep diminishes when I start a song And my mind won't stop cause I always gotta finish it And when that song's done through to the end The same track starts all over again It's like my mind can't function, needs words to munch on Came to a junction where traffic don't stop [Hook] Counting sheep and they never ever go Losing sleep cause the words just flow Sounds in my head like a radio Lay awake all night, no sleep for the wicked Seems like the verse has become my foe At war in my head and he don't wanna go Til I've laid him to rest in the studio Stay awake all night, no sleep for the wicked [Verse 2] There ain't nothing that's appealing looking at the ceiling Your eyes wide open, wishing you were dreaming (Dreaming) And still the words keep streaming It's only ever stops when I put 'em to rest Then I've shooken the stress, no less Plus I [?] the best [?] let's say I ever could've taken Lost weeks of sleep so I had to be patient You could be forsaken for thinking I'm mental I let it all out in the vocal booth Syllables, putting 'em to soulful use Released from within, this ain't a joke, it's truth Once I put 'em in my songs, they can never ever bother me What the hell is wrong with me, I didn't choose it Absurd, why I gotta lock these words in the music Some would say I'm blessed with a talent, and yes But only when I'm dead will they give it a rest [Hook] [Bridge] Tell me what's the reason I'm still fighting demons I'm asking what is their significance? Tell me what's the reason I'm still fighting demons I'm pleading, I only wanna get some sleep [Hook]