Thick Green Leaves
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
The rain is falling soft on the leaves above your head
Every drop finds its way down slow instead of fast
You are warm and dry beneath the green
Sleeping while the whole wide sky turns to bed

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the dark come gentle, let it settle deep
Nothing out there means you harm while you are held so near
Close your eyes, I'll keep the watch tonight

[Chorus]
Beatrice, the night is only softness dressed in grey
Sleep and let the hours carry you away
I will hold this quiet close and keep it here
Beatrice, my Beatrice, drift till break of day

[Verse 2]
Somewhere leaves are dripping slowly onto canvas overhead
And the wheels below sit still beneath the falling rain
You don't have to know the way the world turns
Only that you're safe and warm and loved instead

[Bridge]
Let every worry fold itself away and disappear
There's nothing waiting for you but the morning light

[Chorus]
Beatrice, the night is only softness dressed in grey
Sleep and let the hours carry you away
I will hold this quiet close and keep it here
Beatrice, my Beatrice, drift till break of day

[Outro]
Somewhere still the green leaves hold the rain like they hold you
Sleep now, little one, the whole night keeps its peace

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