Buffalo Ballet John Cale

[Verse 1]
When Abilene was young and gay
And thunder storms filled up the day
The cattle roamed outside the town

[Chorus]
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun

[Verse 2]
Then tracks were lain across the plains
By broken old men in torrid rains
The towns grew up, the people were still

[Chorus]
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun

[Bridge]
All join in and we'll all hold hands
Yes, we'll all join in to run the land
But soldiers once, long long ago
Rode through the town, rode down those