And it’s something quite peculiar
Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight
Sleep, little baby, sleep now, my love
The Milky Way’s shining high up above
When you grow up, you will learn all that stuff
But for now, close your eyes…
Close your eyes…
Hush little baby, don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head
Exit light, enter night
Grain of sand…
Lullaby and goodnight
In your dreams i’ll hold you tight
Lullaby and goodnight
Til the morns early light
Hushabye hushabye
Oh my darling don’t you cry
Guardian angels up above
Take care of the one I love
You always know the kindest words
Your praise is so sincere
The love I feel inside just grows
Whenever you are near
So thank you for the joy you bring
Thank you for your love each night
You’ll always be my guardian angel
Always be my guiding light
[Note for a short while we put in the title and the artist, then got away from that. Trying to jump start it again…]
Loreena McKennitt, Courtyard Lullaby
Wherein the deep night sky,
The stars lie in its embrace.
The courtyard still in its sleep.
Peace comes over your face.
“Come to me, my love”
“Hear the pulse of the land.
The ocean’s rhythms pull
To hold your heart in its hand.”
[Ehh, I think it’s more fun to try and guess which song it is. Barring that, there’s always Google…]
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies, my love
To the dark and the endless skies
Sailing on the wind
In a milk white gown
Dropping circle stones on a sun dial
Playing hide and seek
With the ghosts of dawn
Waiting for a smile from a sun child
We’re lost in the middle of a hopeless world
Lost in the middle of a hopeless world
Children, children of the moon
Watch the world go by
Children, children of the moon
Are hiding from the sun and the sky
A stone’s throw from Jerusalem,
I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight
And though a million stars were shining,
My heart was lost on a distant planet
And worlds around the April moon
Whirling in an arc of sadness
I’m lost without you
I’m lost without you
Alone and dying, and a thousand miles from home
I know I never was so broken and alone
I searched the sky for God, shivered to the bone
Drowned in sorrow, Lost in the Ozone
I picked you up like a virus
Like meningicoccal meningitis
Now I can’t feel my legs
When you’re around, I can’t get out of bed
I wanna jump, but I’m afraid I’ll fall
I wanna holler, but the joint’s too small
Young man rhythm’s got a hold of me, too
I got the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu
I walk around my beddy
Just a-tappin’ my toes
Before I know what’s happening
I’m a-rarin’ to doze
Got some partners I can count on
Called the Boogie Woogie Sheep
(“WHAT?!”)
I dance myself to sleep
You tell me that you love me
And I know that I’m right
'Cause I hear it in the night
I hear the secrets that you keep
When you’re talking in your sleep
Sleep, little baby
Try not to squawk
Tomorrow and tomorrow you’ll learn how to walk
To love and laugh
To make toast and talk
But for now, beddy-byes
Say your prayers, little one
Don’t forget, my son
To include everyone
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
Till the Sandman he comes
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bum, bum, bum, bum)
Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen (bum, bum, bum, bum)
Give him two lips like roses and clover (bum, bum, bum, bum)
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
We were on the top and the world was spinning
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning
Communication lost in the thundering rain style
Shelter from the storm in the early beginning
Going out to the big sleep, out in the big sleep
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more