Eddi Reader - When I Watch You Sleeping lyrics

when I watch you sleeping I see myself for what I am and the secret I've been keeping it's more than I can stand oh I've tried but can't ignore what I know in heaven saw that's why when I watch you sleeping I cry there's a number in my pocket that I should really lose and your picture in my locket smiles so warm and true oh my heart grows ever cold at the thought of the lies I've told that's why when I watch you sleeping I cry if I confess would you forgive me or if I pretend will this emptiness always be with me when I hear you talking with your unquestioning faith I stop our eyes from meeting I turn my face away why should you pay for the crime when all the blame is mine that's why when I watch you sleeping I cry