[Verse 1]
When Abilene was young and gay
And thunderstorms filled the day
The cattle roamed outside the town

[Chorus]
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun

[Verse 2]
Then tracks were lain across the plain
By broken men in torrid rain
The towns grew up, the people were still

[Chorus]
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun

[Bridge]
We all joined in and we all hold hands
We all joined in to help run the land
But soldiers once, long, long ago
Rode into town and rodе down those
[Chorus]
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in thе midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun

[Verse 3]
Gold came and went, quickly spent
And the people broke down and often drowned
From wealth and pain of old Abilene

[Chorus]
They were sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
They were sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun