| You would not believe your eyes | |
| If ten million fireflies | |
| Lit up the world as I fell asleep | |
| 'Cause they'd fill the open air | |
| And leave teardrops everywhere | |
| You'd think me rude | |
| But I would just stand and stare | |
| I'd like to make myself believe | |
| That planet Earth turns slowly | |
| It's hard to say that I'd rather stay | |
| Awake when I'm asleep | |
| 'Cause everything is never as it seems | |
| 'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs | |
| From ten thousand lightning bugs | |
| As they tried to teach me how to dance | |
| A foxtrot above my head | |
| A sock hop beneath my bed | |
| A disco ball is just hanging by a thread | |
| I'd like to make myself believe | |
| That planet Earth turns slowly | |
| It's hard to say that I'd rather stay | |
| Awake when I'm asleep | |
| 'Cause everything is never as it seems | |
| When I fall asleep | |
| Leave my door open just a crack | |
| (Please take me away from here) | |
| 'Cause I feel like such an insomniac | |
| (Please take me away from here) | |
| Why do I tire of counting sheep | |
| (Please take me away from here) | |
| When I'm far too tired to fall asleep | |
| To ten million fireflies | |
| I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes | |
| I got misty eyes as they said farewell | |
| But I'll know where several are | |
| If my dreams get real bizarre | |
| 'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar | |
| I'd like to make myself believe | |
| That planet Earth turns slowly | |
| It's hard to say that I'd rather stay | |
| Awake when I'm asleep | |
| 'Cause everything is never as it seems | |
| When I fall asleep | |
| I'd like to make myself believe | |
| That planet Earth turns slowly | |
| It's hard to say that I'd rather stay | |
| Awake when I'm asleep | |
| 'Cause everything is never as it seems | |
| When I fall asleep | |
| I'd like to make myself believe | |
| That planet earth turns slowly | |
| It's hard to say that I'd rather stay | |
| Awake when I'm asleep | |
| Because my dreams are bursting at the seams |