Name: Don't Make Me Sleep On The Floor
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: Another Travis-picked song from the early years that we rehearsed a little but never really developed. Inspired by so many one-second views down tiny streets in small towns in the middle of the country that seemed to want more attention. Unlike most of the other tunes in this compilation, a lot of this recording is fairly recent.

Don't Make Me Sleep On The Floor

from No Outlet (volume 1: 2007-2013) by Jack O' The Clock

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Another Travis-picked song from the early years that we rehearsed a little but never really developed. Inspired by so many one-second views down tiny streets in small towns in the middle of the country that seemed to want more attention. Unlike most of the other tunes in this compilation, a lot of this recording is fairly recent.

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DON"T MAKE ME SLEEP ON THE FLOOR

Oh, the wind and the broken rain
skimmed across the plain
and it blew away the heat.
Ever since I left the lakes
I've been dreaming about Rawlins
and your warm, yellow kitchen
at the end of the street.

Don't make me sleep on the floor
We're not that simple anymore
I leave all my work clothes by the door
Just don't make me sleep on the floor.

I don't know why you always hide
your bewilderment inside--
you know it's all I ever wanted to see.
After all the years I've known you,
after all the wounds I've shown you,
how can you be so formal with me?

Don't make me sleep on the floor
We're not that holy anymore
I leave all my history by the door
Just don't make me sleep on the floor.

Through all my traveling,
through all my plans' unravelling,
I've always found your garden full and green.
You're like a chain of tiny islands
skipping along the horizon
with the strangest native flora
these eyes have ever seen.

I leave everything outside of Rawlins by the door

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from No Outlet (volume 1: 2007-2013), released January 7, 2020

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