Sleeper, Five-By-Two Songtext
von Red Simpson

I′m rolling this Jimmy on home
My bones are tired and my eyes are red

I know the little woman's sawing lots of logs
On a great big king size bed
My best friend Saul installed me a sleeper
On my rig for a pretty price too
But I ain′t had much sleep these last ten days
'Cause that sleeper's just five by two

Saul said "Red, that′s a comfortable bed
It′s gonna seem like a paid vacation"
But that little bitty runt's either pulling a stunt
Or got no imagination

With your elbow in your nose
And the other one in your toes
And a jack trying to run you clean through
Show me how to get some sleep
In a sleeper five by two


I had to move that load on down the road
′Cause I've got a deadline to keep
But I′m getting just a little more burned every day
'Cause I′m getting just a little less sleep
Well both of my knees are galled
And there's a burn up the side of my head
I can't afford a room ′cause I got a lot of bills
And one is that king size bed

Well that little bitty sleeper on the back of my cab
Ain′t fit for a rabbit hutch
Saul might have went to college but if he did
He didn't acknowledge much

But if I wake up I′m gonna look Saul up
And make him know what I've been through
He′s gonna show me how to sleep
In a sleeper five by two

Coffee's keeping me straight but I′m in terrible shape
To chauffeur twenty tons of steel

But if you've never been a fish in a sardine can
Then you couldn't figure how I feel

I think I′ve had enough, this road′s too tough
I'm gonna find me a brand new rig
But first I′m gonna hit that king size bed
And I'll pull me a Rip Van Winkle


Well that sleeper′s gotta go or my name ain't Joe
And I hope that lightning strikes me
I′ll just lay there and get covered up with sweat
Wondering who up there don't like me

I'm gonna tell Saul I need us
One more friend like you
′Cause a torture chamber is what he′s built
It's a hot box five by two

Yeah, show me how to get some sleep
In a sleeper five by two