Sandman

Europe
(Europe)
Wake up!
(Wake up!)

Can't you see your children lined up?
On the edge of the abyss they wait

Europe
(Europe)
Fucked up!
(Fucked up!)

Scared to go to sleep they stay up
Prisoners of fate

La-le-lu
Someone's got their eye on you
Now the poorest kids are sleeping,
You should sleep too.

La-le-lu
And the little hearts freeze through
When the other kids are calling,
You're worthless too

Sandman!
Sandman!
Please put out the lights
The truth is a big scam,
So let me dream tonight

Sandman!
Sandman!
Stand here by my side
Sprinkle stardust into my eyes
And let me sleep 'til I die

Europe
(Europe)
Wake up!
(Wake up!)

Can't you see your children hate us?
Slowly surely they are damned to fail

Europe
(Europe)
Pumped up!
(Pumped up!)

Like a big casino gone bust
Everyone's for sale

La-le-lu
Someone's got their eye on you
Now the poorest kids are sleeping,
You should sleep too.

La-le-lu
And the little hearts freeze through
When the other kids are calling,
You're worthless too

Sandman!
Sandman!
Please put out the lights
The truth is a big scam
So let me dream tonight

Sandman!
Sandman!
Stand here by my side
Sprinkle stardust into my eyes
And let me sleep 'til I die

"Let them eat cake," someone said
But all the children want is bread
Screaming their lungs out every night
The hunger burning deep inside

"Let them eat cake," someone said
Until the day she lost her head
Let me show you prosperity
Where children long for what they need

Sandman!
Sandman!
Please put out the lights
The truth is a big scam
So let me dream tonight

Sandman!
Sandman!
Stand here by my side
Sprinkle stardust into my eyes
And let me sleep 'til I die