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The music video for "The Sleeper" by John Cale, taken from the album Artificial Intelligence on Beggars Banquet.

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The Song

Artificial Intelligence

From the album Artificial Intelligence

Label: Beggars Banquet
Released: 1 January 1985

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John Cale — The Sleeper

Mailbox is always empty

And your landlord always complains

And you try to forget your past

But it's just adding to your pain

And it's time for one more cigarette

Yes, I slept on your satin pillows

They felt like a second skin

Needn't have looked so helpless there

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