She Can't Sleep No More

She works every morning

In the greasy cafeteria

She makes little pastries

And stuffs them with cheese



The coffee burns her knuckles

Every time she spills it

She's alone

She's bereft



When he moved to Hackney

In 1990

He brought her little trinkets

But she turned him down



She can't sleep no more

She can't sleep no more

Since he's gone

Since he's gone



She wrote clumsy poetry

She let him read it

He told her it was perfect

But she scrunched her nose



She can't sleep no more

She can't sleep no more

Since he's gone

Since he's gone



All the ambition that they'd been storing up

Was flushed down the lavatory

She didn't love him but she knew

He was what she needed



He started wishing it, she started dreading it

She burnt her party clothes

Now there's nowhere to go

Since she burnt those party clothes



She said she didn't need him

He didn't believe it

He moved to the country

And started sleeping around



She can't sleep no more

She can't sleep no more

She can't sleep no more

She can't sleep no more

Since he's gone

Since he's gone