Drawn in the Dark

Nocturnal sweating, drawn in the dark Men came in the night, men came in the night It burned her bad, bed, clothes, and sheets They hide in the reefs, they hide in the reefs And watched by fire, torn in the dark He never sleeps, she never sleeps In where it’s shallow, where it takes too long Holdin’ his hand, now, she takes him downstream In where it’s deeper, where it won’t take long Holdin’ his hand, now, she takes him down Dark dream, crocodiles, swim in the Nile, swim in the Nile They come in the light to meet her nightgown They rest in the reeds, they rest in the reefs Birds pick their teeth, they go to sleep While men still search, while men still search --- .