Value Select, 10cc - Sleep Tape for Egomaniacs Vol 1 lyrics

Hello i'm Richard Roses
And I'm here to help you relax

You've been stressed out about your day-to
Day and traditional sleep techniques
Like drinking yourself into a coma or
Softly sobbing yourself into
A coma just aren't cutting it any more

You need answers

You need results

You need Richard Roses' Ego-Boost Sleep
Technique, made by me, for me

If my tape contained the
Nonstop creative dragon of
Ambitious ideas that is my own mind
It can certainly handle yours



Before bed
Play the following guided meditation
- the same one I listen to every night
- and be prepared to get that
Good night's rest you deserve

Let's begin

Hello, Richard you're looking
Handsome tonight

Please, lay down if you haven't already
It's been a full day
And it's now time for you to go to sleep

(It's because)

I would ask you to clear your mind
And to be in the present
And to focus on yourself but the
Present often doesn't know how great
We really are the present often gives
Us less than we deserve

Sometimes, the present has our record label
Cancel our album mid-production and makes
Our wife leave us for another
Less talented and dynamic man

I think we can all agree, yes
Sometimes the present can be a
Real hassle that maybe it's
Over-hyped that we can all
Really do without it

Here's what: Don't clear your mind

(It's because)

No keep your mind very full keep it out of
The undeserving current present and
Instead put it into your glorious past the
Present of old back
When the present knew the meaning of respect

I want you to think to the past-present
All the Toby-Nominated songs
You've written you're
Very talented, Richard, and smarter than most
People yes, you can be disorganized
But that's because you're too
Busy thinking of really
Good ideas like your next Toby-Nominated song

Who cares if you can't hold on to meaningful
Relationships because you're too
Busy doing your
Thang? Doing your thang is what made you
Rich that's why you have seven jet-skis

I want you to think
About your favorite jet-ski
What color is it? Say that color now

Wrong but I forgive you being forgiven is one
Of the best ways to de-stress you're welcome

You should be asleep by now, But if
You miss that bus to dream town
Never worry another one is on it's way

I want you to think of
A tranquilizer gun being shot
At you and as the dart
Plunges into your jugular
Feel that liquid sleep begin
To enter your bloodstream

(It's because)

The men who fired that dart aren't
Here to hurt you they're your
Friends and they're dragging
Your unconscious body to a nice, warm bed
Where you can finally rest

Sink into that bed what kind of
Bed is it? There are no
Wrong answers except for water beds feel
How comfortable that bed is

Now, think of all the dirty British
Orphans of the world who
Don't have beds at all they have to sleep on
Cold Victorian-esque cobblestone streets
And join musical pickpocket gangs run by
Men with names like Mr
Poppets or Brixton Brundlesbury
And all this hubbub just to survive

Yes, this is their harsh reality

These orphans may wear cool
Hats and they might
Be able to pull off a vest
And pocket watch combo without having it seem
Affected but they are poor, and orphan-like
And dirty and they don't have a
Successful singing career like you do

Think of how hungry and dirty they are
And now think of how warm
And comfortable you are you are doing
Better than those filthy street bandit's

Feel your serotonin levels rise and your
Eyes droop as you place yourself
On top of this newly imagined hierarchy
Comprised of dirty Dickensian orphans

Yes, you are asleep now it is impossible for
You not to be if you aren't asleep
It is your fault maybe you should
Have been paying closer attention
For those of you still awake
Please rewind the tape and try again

Just a reminder: You cannot return this
Tape the $600 is non-refundable