House of the Sleeping Beauties Lyrics

When the rain falls on the asphalt pavement
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
we 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

I got out through an open door
If there's time I need a little, need a little, need a little more