From the recording Couple Things
Lyrics
Verse 1
Her work is crazy and her days are long, she comes home late at night
I have to get up for my early job but I want to say goodbye
I take a shower and lay out my clothes and see if she’s up yet
I make us coffee and a stack of toast but she’s still a sleepy-head
So I get right back in bed, and I
Chorus
Give a little shake, touch her with my toes
Kiss her on her face, she pulls the sheet back over her nose
She wishes I’d just let her lay there alone, but
Morning’s when I’m missing her most
Verse 2
I caught an angel in cloud of sheets, I’m not gonna let go
Her wings are folded when she’s sound asleep, so I’ll tug her halo
I think she’s fakin’ cuz the blinds can’t stop that one pesky sunbeam
I lay there thinkin’ that she’s wakin’ up when she looks right at me, then she
Goes back to sleep, so I
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Come evening time and it’s my turn to sleep
But now she’s the one who’s thinking love and she’s waking me, I feel her
Chorus 2
Give a little shake, touch me with her toes
Kiss me on my face, tap my nose
She says she misses me how can I say no
But It’s payback in the morning when I
Chorus 3
Give a little shake, touch her with my toes
Kiss her on her face, she’ll pull the sheet back over her nose
I’m sure she’ll wish I’d let her lay there alone, but
Morning’s when I’m missing her most
Outro
She’ll give me one little kiss cuz by now she knows
Morning’s when I’m missing her most