When I Watch You Sleeping (Solo)

When I Watch You Sleeping (Solo) - Neil Young

When I watch you sleeping

There's nothing that you hide

When I smell you breathing

There's a sweetness from inside

And when I feel you stirring

And the day is about to break

Outside winds are worrying

And the sky is there to take

I wonder how I got so close to you

And see the chances that you take

Without thinking I'm going there too

These are the promises you make

When your eyes are blinded by love

And the history of fate

When I hear you purring

Like a kitten and a lion

And I feel your softness

How you got it without trying

Then you roll and tumble

With your dreams still holding on

And I hear that rumble

In the stomach of the dawn

Today I paint my masterpiece

Tonight I trace my tears

Thinking through the road I took to you

And where I stumbled through the years

Today I paint my masterpiece

Tonight I trace my tears

Thinking through my path to you

And where I stumbled through the years

That's when I knew

I'd never hold you down

Repeating old roads and fears

Now the crows are calling

And the black birds sing in my ear

You got one eye open

And I'm smiling through my tears

But you'll never see them

They're inside with my fears

In a place that's fading away

And taking on new year