<< back walking awake by brent engle can she hear the laughing in distance there are children and she loves them can she see the couple in market buying flowers they are lovers when she comes home from work tonight tucks into bed under dim lamplight will her thoughts race circles around Jesus and the sheep and spend a moment thinking of me does she know that I'm having trouble sleeping from the headaches or the heartaches does she hope that one day she'll run across me in cab ride or on barstool when she closes her eyes sometimes does she reach for my hand to squeeze when she's scared will she find me before she's grown cold and grown too lonely and death doesn't seem so hopeless is the girl of my dreams walking awake looking for me pinch me if she's there if not let me sleep let me die alone in my sleep day by day you know it gets harder the world makes it harder to stay awake day by day I can see myself getting older day by day I'm praying that she's out there oh, if she's out there I won't ever go to sleep is the girl of my dreams walking awake looking for me is the girl of my dreams walking awake looking for me pinch me if she's there if not let me sleep let me die alone in my sleep I can see the leaves fall from the trees must be November where's the summer there's a breeze that would bring a good girl to the ground and scrape her knees up is her coat warm when we walk down the street one day will we laugh to ourselves how we once were lonely will our son play catcher for the ball club and our daughter be a dreamer like her father