作词 : Kevin Ayers/Robert Wyatt/Mike Ratledge
 作曲 : Kevin Ayers/Robert Wyatt/Mike Ratledge
 It begins with a blessing, it ends with a curse
 Making life easy by making it worse
 "My mask is my master", the trumpeter weeps
 But his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleep
 Saying: "Why, why, why...
 Why are we sleeping?"
 People are watching, people who stare
 Waiting for something that's already there
 "Tomorrow I'll find it", the trumpeter screams
 And remembers he's hungry, and drowns in his dreams
 Saying: "Why, why, why...
 Why are we sleeping?"
 Why, why, why, why are we sleeping?
 My head is a nightclub with glasses and wine
 The customers dancing or just making time
 While Daevid is cursing, the customers scream
 Now everyone's shouting, "Get out of my dream!"
 Saying: "Why, why, why...
 Why are we sleeping?"
 It begins with a blessing, it ends with a curse
 Making life easy by making it worse
 "My mask is my master", the trumpeter weeps
 But his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleep
 Saying: "Why, why, why...
 Why are we sleeping?"