Johnny´s been runnin´ hard all his life
´Cause life never treated him right
Well he ain´t running now
You see his eyes are closed
They can´t hurt him tonight

Sleepin´, he´s sleepin´
Just let him be for a while
Don´t wake him, don´t take him
To where the people don´t smile

Sleepin´, my man is sleepin´ nice now
Please let him stay here with me
I promise, I´ll keep him
At home, where he´s supposed to be

He´s been out there
In the streets you know
And strugglin´, scufflin´
Trying to survive
Out there in a richman´s world
And now you say my Johnny is not alive
But you´re wrong, can´t you see

Sleepin´, he´s just sleepin´ mister
He doesn´t rest very much
He lives hard and he gives hard
And I´ll just die for his touch

Sleepin´, he´s sleepin´
Without a care to his name
He´s peaceful
He´s quiet
He´s tired of runnin´ his game

He´s been out there
In the streets you know
With all the pain and all the suffering
Out there
Where you fight like hell
He never learned a fix don´t fix a thing
Don´t touch him

Johnny put too much in his vanes
And now you´re trying to tell me he´s gone
I don´t believe you
I´m just gonna sit here
And rock him in my arms

Sleepin´, he´s sleepin´
He doesn´t rest very much
You see he lives hard and gives hard