[Verse 1]

Cunning as a con man, shrewd as a liar

I went weak in the knees the first time I saw you

Deep inside my day to day ritual

Oh, give it a try, do what you will

Look out now, break-up!

But I've seen it all before

It's nothing new to me

A living legend, like fifteen million other angels

[Interlude]

Try as I do, I can never get through

I only got as far, as the back seat of my car

It's all very well to cry now

Yes it's all very well to lie now

[Verse 2]

Now I'm wasting my time clutching at straws, yeah

You know damn well that what's mine is yours

A rich man or poor, duchess or whore

I haven't got time for either or

[Chorus]

I can't get over it

Thank God the storm's passed over

I'll settle down I guess

Sweet dreams every once in a while

Sweet dreams every once in a while

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Mantovani, martini and the money

I fell for your etiquette the first time we ever met

And you really socked it to me with your finger snap rhythm

Look out now, break-up!

You've got it all figured out

Ten to one, I lose

Drop your lover's noose and swing me

[Bridge]

Cruelly deprived, I don't know how you've survived

Romantic theories are for pixies and fairies

Looking in retrospect, seldom wrong but never correct

Emotions are aired like carpets out to dry

[Chorus]

I can't get over it

Thank God the storms passed over

I'll settle down I guess

Sweet dreams every once in a while

Sweet dreams every once in a while

Sweet dreams, sweet dreams, sweet dreams every once in a while

[Outro]

Well you wouldn't know me from a bar of soap

A part of the furniture, an ornament, a rocking chair

But it's all very well to cry now

Sweet dreams, every once in a while