she came in the back door with her heart on her sleeve if i had even noticed would ve asked her to leave but i was too far away from the scene of the crime just me and a cup of hot sleepytime reading the latest biography hoping that it might be someone like me just to find me a way out of my head but let s forget all that cause it s time for bed she came in the back door with her heart in her hand and she s quiet as the old dusty baby grand and i m half asleep in the candlelight that hot cup of tea did me just right she s slipping around through open doors two white socks on the hardwood floors she sat herself down behind the keys she played and she played as loud as she pleased chorus whoever you are you ve gone to far cause i need my precious peace and quiet open wide and you come inside to disturb my precious peace and quiet i love the way that you play but i need my precious peace and quiet i d kick you out with my scream and shout but i just can t seem to do it so i jumped out of bed with my heart in my throat and i picked up my heels so i could get your goat cause i remember the last time you did this trick you had me spooking around with a candlestick peace and quiet that s what i had but you can t help being bad through the back door with your heart in your hand you take your favorite seat behind the baby grand she came in the back door with her heart on a string she kicked off the dust and she made it sing and i m down the stairs in a squint of an eye just to see what s up and see just why someone busted down my back door and snuck across the kitchen floor and is playing a tune while i m counting sheep it sure is pretty but i can t sleep who do you think you are she came in the back door with her heart on her sleeve if i had even noticed would ve asked her to leave but i was too far away from the scene of the crime just me and a cup of hot sleepytime reading the latest biography hoping that it might be someone like me just to find me a way out of my head but let s forget all that cause it s time for bed