Lyrics for “I Need A Nap”

“I Need A Nap” is a duet with Weird Al’ Yankovic recorded in 2006 for “Dog Train”, an audio book by the American children’s writer Sandra Boynton.

Lyrics

Weird Al: Oh the sun is still high in the afternoon sky, but the morning seems so long ago.
I was happy before and I’m not anymore, though why there’s a change, I don’t know.
Kate: I’m so tired of this day, and I don’t want to play, and I don’t want a story to read.
But I look in your eyes, and at once realize, that I know what it is-
Weird Al: Yes I know what it is
Both: Now I know what it is that I need… I need a nap!
Kate: I just can’t take anymore
Both: I need a nap!
Weird Al: Can’t stay awake anymore
Both: No more running around I just need to lie down and sleep.
Weird Al: I don’t know what to do, I just can’t make it through, I want something or nothing right now.
Kate: I am mad and upset. What I want I don’t get. I don’t know what I want, anyhow.
Weird Al: I’ve been doing my best, now I just want to rest. On the rug, on the floor, I don’t care.
Kate: Now the feeling’s so strong, but this song is too long, it’s the wrong kind of song and it seems to be going nowhere.
Both: Nowhere! I need a nap! I just can’t take anymore! I need a nap!
Can’t stay awake anymore! No more running around I just need to lie down and
sleep; let me sleep! There are times in the day when the going gets tough and
you just have to say you’ve done more than enough.
Weird Al: I can’t think of more stuff that will rhyme with enough.
Both: So enough is enough. Is enough is enough. Is enough is enough is
enough is enough is enough is enough is– I need a nap!
Weird Al: Why does this song go on?
Both: I need a nap!
Weird Al: When all my strength is gone?
Both: I need a nap!
Kate: Please let me close my eyes.
Both: I need a nap! I don’t wanna– harmonize– with you– with me–
Weird Al: Change key!! (Kate: Make him stop!!)
Both: I need a nap! I just can’t take anymore. I need a nap!
Weird Al: Can’t stay awake anymore!! (Kate: Aaaugh!)
Both: You can follow my lead as this song loses speed, now I need and immediate– nap…

Many thanks to Trish for sending us the lyrics.