The Last Light Down the Line
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
A train is going home along the far dark hill
and all its lantern windows are getting soft and still
the whole wide world is settling into hush and grey
so let the night come carry all your cares away

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let your breathing slow right down
nothing in the dark tonight can touch this quiet town
and every little worry has gone and lost its sound

[Chorus]
Harry, Harry, sleep beneath the stars so mild
I will hold this whole night gentle for my child
the lights are fading far off, easy, soft and slow
and safe here in this stillness, Harry, is where you'll go

[Verse 2]
The tracks will hum a little, then they'll hum no more
just like the tide that always settles on the shore
and somewhere in the dark the last light dips from view
but here inside this room there's only me and you

[Chorus]
Harry, Harry, sleep beneath the stars so mild
I will hold this whole night gentle for my child
the lights are fading far off, easy, soft and slow
and safe here in this stillness, Harry, is where you'll go

[Bridge]
Wherever that train travels, however far it's gone
you are the one I'm watching till the coming dawn
no distance and no darkness ever pulls you from my sight

[Chorus]
Harry, Harry, sleep beneath the stars so mild
I will hold this whole night gentle for my child
the lights are fading far off, easy, soft and slow
and safe here in this stillness, Harry, is where you'll go

[Outro]
The train has gone to quiet and the hill has gone to black
but you are held here softly and you'll never lose the track

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