The Nits - House Of The Sleeping Beauties lyrics

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