Rest Now, Doreen
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
Somewhere a long oar leans on a bench in the dark
its journey is finished, its work for the day is through
and just like that oar you can lay down the weight you carry
there's nothing tonight that is asking a thing of you

[Pre-chorus]
The water has settled, the current has let you go
the house holds its breath and the lamp is burning low
close your eyes now, love, and drift where the quiet leads

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Doreen, in the hush of the falling night
you are held here safe till the morning comes with light
Doreen, my dear one, let the whole wide world stand still
there is nowhere calmer than this warm and sheltered sill

[Verse 2]
The damp wood remembers the hands that carried it home
and I remember every small breath you have ever drawn
you don't have to travel another inch before the morning
just rest where you are until the first grey line of dawn

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Doreen, in the hush of the falling night
you are held here safe till the morning comes with light
Doreen, my dear one, let the whole wide world stand still
there is nowhere calmer than this warm and sheltered sill

[Bridge]
No river tonight, no far shore to reach
only this room, only breath, only sleep

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Doreen, in the hush of the falling night
you are held here safe till the morning comes with light
Doreen, my dear one, let the whole wide world stand still
there is nowhere calmer than this warm and sheltered sill

[Outro]
The oar rests still, and so, my Doreen, do you
safe on the bench of night till morning comes through

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