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They call some people night owls
    For they love to stay up late,
But rising when the sun arrives
    Is something which they hate.

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They’re grumpy, grisly, grouching folk –
    Not nice at breakfast-time -
But in the evening there’s a change.
    Their temperament’s sublime.

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The larks are quite the opposite.
    It’s mornings they like best.
A lark’s the first to start the day
    And leave its human nest.

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They shake off sleep quite easily.
     They’re up to meet the dawn.
It’s breakfast time they feel their best
    With no signs of a yawn.

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But don’t ask larks to stay out late -
    That wouldn’t suit at all!
By evening they just think of sleep
    As in their beds they crawl.

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 Our own internal body clock
    Sends signals to our brain.
It tells us when to go to bed
    And when to wake again.

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Our eyes send messages as well
    As dark and light they see.
Our body clock gets ticking when
    It’s wound up by their key.

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The problem is we do not want
    Our guidance from the sun,
So we put electric lighting on
    And stay up having fun.

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If your body clock becomes confused,
    Then sleep, you just cannot.
I have a tip to help you sleep
    Which I find helps a lot.

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If you don’t want to be an owl,
    Go early to your bed,
For after several hours of sleep
    You’ll rise a lark instead.

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