She can't tell time She didn't get what she deserved When faith went blind She found the truth but lost her nerve When she won't act her age The cat circles 'round the cage Youth shrinks to tired rage Sleep, I can't sleep She can speak but she can't tell time Dream, I can't dream She can scream but she can't tell time She can't tell time Deaf ears won't listening to her When faith went blind I can see light through her When she won't act her age The cat circles 'round the cage Youth shrinks to tired rage Her vigils in the street Left my youth incomplete Left meaning obsolete Sleep, I can't sleep She can weep but she can't tell time Dream, I can't dream She can scream but she can't tell time Sleep, I can't sleep She can speak but she can't tell time