Sandman’s Song

Hello there sandman
Won't you come in sit yourself down?
Hey there sandman
I know you've been working downtown

I don't mind you keeping me waiting
Won't be long before the dawn is breaking
Come on sandman, it's very quiet
Come on sandman you stay the night
We'll wake up in the broad daylight

I dreamed I was walking
I went steppin' beside the sea
When suddenly a stranger
He came following after me

He caught me up, he says, "Help me if you can
For I work on the beach, I'm the punch and judy man
Every night when a'fore I go home
I realize I'm not alone
There's voices in the sea, colored lights in the foam"

We walked together
And I formulated a plan
And I said, "Just wait there"

I fetched the family photograph man
Told him the words the puppeteer had said
And he told me he thought it the boat of the dead
So we waited til the dark, we saw a silver moonlit arc
Beneath it sailed a shining bark

Out on the tideline
Strange singing voices we heard
So like some color
Or the flight of a golden bird

Fine rainfall drifted from the sky
And the golden bark with her cargo sailed by
So we waited on the land
We were dancing hand in hand
Wheeling across the shining sand

Hello there sandman
Won't you come in and sit yourself down
Hey, hey there sandman
I know you've been working downtown

I don't mind you keeping me waiting
Won't be long before the dawn is breaking
Come on sandman, it's very quiet
Come on sandman, stay the night
We'll wake up in the broad daylight