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I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open

by Lester Flatt

on The Essential Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (2014)

[Verse 1]
Well I just found out today
The little game you play
I been a-sleeping all my life away
You been a-stepping, so they say
Between midnight and day
I'm a-gonna sleep with one eye open from now on

[Chorus]
From now on (From now on)
All night long (All night long)
You won't have a chance to treat your daddy wrong
You been stepping, so they say
Between midnight and day
I'm a-gonna sleep with one eye open from now on

[Verse 2]
There's a honky-tonk down the road
It's just about a mile or so
I understand that's where you spend your time
Baby, I got news for you
Your little game is through
From now on, baby, you're gonna toe the line

[Chorus]
From now on (From now on)
All night long (All night long)
You won't have a chance to treat your daddy wrong
You been a-stepping, so they say
Between midnight and day
I'm a-gonna sleep with one eye open from now on

[Verse 3]
You thought you were being wise
Runnin' 'round with other guys
And leaving me to spend my time alone
But you'll find out today
It don't work out that way
You've started a little game that two can play

[Chorus]
From now on (From now on)
All night long (All night long)
You won't have a chance to treat your daddy wrong
You been stepping, so they say
Between midnight and day
I'm a-gonna sleep with one eye open from now on