cunning as a con man shrewd as a liar i went weak in the knees the first time i saw you deep inside day to day ritual oh give it a try do what you will look out now but i ve seen it all before it s nothing new to me a living legend like 15 million other angels try as i do i can never get through i only got as far as the back seat of my car it s all very well to cry now yes it s all very well to lie now now i m wasting my time clutching at straws you know damn well what s mine is yours rich man or poor duchess or whore i haven t got time for either or i can t get over it thank god the storms passed over i ll settle down i guess sweet dreams every once in a while sweet dreams every once in a while matovani martini and money i fell for your etiquette the first time we ever met you really socked it to me with your finger snap rhythym look out now break up you ve got it all figured out ten to one i lose drop your lovers noose and swing me cruelly deprived i don t know how you ve survived romantic theories of the pixies and fairies looking in retrospect seldom wrong but never correct emotions are aired like carpets out to dry i can t get over it thank god the storms passed over i ll settle down i guess sweet dreams every once in a while sweet dreams every once in a while sweet dreams sweet dreams sweet dreams every once in a while well you wouldn t know me from a bar of soap a part of the furniture an ornament a rocking chair it s all very well to cry now sweet dreams every once in a while