Heavy Coats
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
The heavy coats are hanging crooked on their wooden pegs tonight
Every sleeve is empty now and swaying soft and slow
You are wrapped in something warmer than a coat could ever be
Safe inside this quiet house where all the lamps burn low

[Pre-chorus]
Outside the wind is turning cold and rattling at the door
But nothing cold can reach you here beneath your blanket's fold
So close your eyes and listen to the hush I'm humming for

[Chorus]
Evelyn, the night is yours to keep
Softer than the leather on the pegs you'll sleep
Evelyn, I'll hold this hour like heaven
Nothing in the dark can touch you, Evelyn

[Verse 2]
Those old coats have travelled through a hundred kinds of weather
Now they rest against the wall like tired old friends together
You have travelled only through this one small day of yours
And I will fold you gently into dreams behind closed doors

[Pre-chorus]
The pegs will hold their coats till morning comes and light returns
And I will hold you closer than the room can ever know
So let the small lamp flicker while your breathing slows and turns

[Chorus]
Evelyn, the night is yours to keep
Softer than the leather on the pegs you'll sleep
Evelyn, I'll hold this hour like heaven
Nothing in the dark can touch you, Evelyn

[Bridge]
Hush now, nothing here will ever let you down
Every crooked thing can still be gentle, still be kind

[Chorus]
Evelyn, the night is yours to keep
Softer than the leather on the pegs you'll sleep
Evelyn, I'll hold this hour like heaven
Nothing in the dark can touch you, Evelyn

[Outro]
The coats will hang there crooked still when morning finds the room
And you'll wake warm inside the peace that carried you through

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