“In the dark I hear the night birds call
I can feel a lover's breath
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Sleep is like a temporary death”

Song lyrics, Modern Times (2006), Workingman's Blues #2

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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

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