Story Behind The Song

The word "Yerushalayim" is Hebrew for Jerusalem

Song Description

Until redemption, it is as if we are sleeping.

Lyrics

We drink our fill from foreign waters,
Turning nickels into dimes.
Sweeping cobwebs from the corners,
Living life by killing time.

Long ago we had a country,
Given to us, not a doubt.
All we were asked was to remember,
But our memory ran out.

Night comes down on Sleepytown
In our hearts we feel the yearning.
Walking home, laying down,
Yerushalayim we are returning.

At the mercy of the nations,
Beneath the shade of their trees,
Till we've overstayed our welcome
They remind us where we should be.

Repeat chorus

Sleepytown is not my home.
I know that I can't stay.
Years in thousands come and gone.
Won't You bring us home today?

Since the word of creation,
Wheels in motion brought us here.
Days are coming for our nation,
We need redemption now and here.

Sleepytown is coming round
Stretching arms up to the sky.
Day is here, come dry your tears,
Slumber slipping from our eyes.

Li li li?