Heavy Leaves
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
Heavy leaves are dripping slow along the old brick wall
Softly to the damp dark soil the quiet water falls
Somewhere in this gentle hush I hear you breathing small
Safe beneath the sleepy sky that over you softly calls

[Pre-chorus]
Every drop is falling slower now the night grows deep
Nothing in this whole wide garden means you any harm
So let your tired eyelids close and drift away to sleep

[Chorus]
Arlo, Arlo, close your eyes and rest your sleepy head
The water on the leaves is singing soft above your bed
Nothing but the quiet dark and warmth around you spread
Arlo, you are held so gently, nothing left to dread

[Verse 2]
The wall has stood through darker nights and kept its garden warm
Watching over sleepy things curled safe from any storm
Just like that old wall is standing steady through the night
I am watching over you until the morning light

[Chorus]
Arlo, Arlo, close your eyes and rest your sleepy head
The water on the leaves is singing soft above your bed
Nothing but the quiet dark and warmth around you spread
Arlo, you are held so gently, nothing left to dread

[Bridge]
Let the dripping leaves become the softest lullaby
No need to fear the shadows now, no need to wonder why
You are so deeply loved, more than words can ever hold

[Chorus]
Arlo, Arlo, close your eyes and rest your sleepy head
The water on the leaves is singing soft above your bed
Nothing but the quiet dark and warmth around you spread
Arlo, you are held so gently, nothing left to dread

[Outro]
The leaves will still be dripping when the morning finds its way
Sleep now, little one, and know you're loved past break of day

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