He sleeps lightly
While she doesn't know where to go
These streets will take her anywhere but home
He sleeps lightly
While she is all alone
Her skin doesn't feel the same as it did, an hour ago
An hour ago
A day of work don't mean nothing to her
Cause she's been working a leap
Since she was born
But her house has gone cold
The walls growing old
She's dying to leave
But she's never felt so tone
She can't tell her mother
That it happened all the time
Cause with all the pain it's causing,
Telling her would be a crime
Well, he sleeps lightly
He sleeps lightly
He sleeps lightly, at night
There's nothing more to say when all has been said
She did all she could until his face went red
Put your clothes on, darling, grab your coat
And go out the door
What are you still here for,
When all you've said has been ignored?
She can't tell her mother
That it happened all the time
Cause with all the pain it's causing,
Telling her would be a crime
Well, he sleeps lightly
He sleeps lightly
He sleeps lightly, at night
She can't tell her mother
That it happened all the time
Ohh,-ohh
Cause with all the pain it's causing,
Telling her would be a crime
Ohh-oh oh oh
Well, he sleeps lightly
He sleeps lightly
She weeps lightly, at night