Who am I losing sleep for
Who am I losing sleep for
Who’d I paint my car for
Who’d I take that job for
Is it michael jackson
Is it tom lasorda
Is it some local congressman
I ain’t never heard of
Is the the barbie twins or angelyne
Or paul the king of big screen
Or some guy in a high-rise
In century city
Deciding people’s futures
By who’s unzipped his trousers
Or some girl who works out
In the same guy with springsteen
Who promised she’d give him
The tape that I gave her
Who’m I losing sleep for

Who’m I losing sleep for
Who’m I losing sleep for
Who’m I losing hair for
Who’m I losing years for
Some girl in canada, that I write to now and then
Some girl in west berlin, that I met in ’81
Some girl in iowa, princess that I grown up with
Some girl in a farmhouse in wester pennsylvania
Who promised me everything if I could just get there
Or some girl in town that I used to live with
And now I only drive by and wonder…

I used to think I was some kind of rock
And I could sleep on one—and I could sleep like one
But now I find myself pacing through the night
Waitin’ on the sun—lost as anyone—

Who’m I losing sleep for
Who’m I losing sleep for
Who would I lose my self for
Who would I lose my life for
Who’s that at my doorstep
Someone who knows me
Who cares about me
Someone who loves me
I might call him jesus
I might call him muhammed
Or maybe that mrs. Anderson
From the cubicle next to mine
Or maybe the mailman
With something I ordered
Or maybe the branch from a tree
From a passing wind
I open my door, and nothing is there
Tell me, who’m I losing sleep for
Who’m I losing sleep for
Who’m I losing sleep for….

(lyrics: Dan Bern)