The Slow Clock Sleeping
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
I hear the old clock swinging slow across the hallway floor
And every steady tick of it is counting you to shore
You settle deeper into dreams the way that good ships dock
So rest your head and drift along the rhythm of the clock

[Pre-chorus]
The wooden case is standing there to watch you through the night
It keeps the dark from creeping close and holds the hallway tight
So let your breathing find the beat and slip past into light

[Chorus]
Dorothy, the night is holding you so soft and so near
Every gentle swing repeats the truth that you are dear
Dorothy, my Dorothy, the dark has grown quite kind
Safe within this quiet house is where you'll always find

[Verse 2]
You curl beneath the blankets while the pendulum keeps time
Its patient swaying matches every breath of yours in rhyme
Nothing in this house will stir to pull you from your rest
You are the calmest, warmest thing that this old home has blessed

[Bridge]
Sleep now while the hours turn so easy and so slow
Let the ticking carry you to wherever dreams may go

[Chorus]
Dorothy, the night is holding you so soft and so near
Every gentle swing repeats the truth that you are dear
Dorothy, my Dorothy, the dark has grown quite kind
Safe within this quiet house is where you'll always find

[Outro]
The clock will keep its watch out in the hallway till the dawn
Sleep on, our Dorothy, you're loved before the light is born

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