Heavy Fringe, Soft Shoe
Style: Flute and pad

[Verse 1]
The wool fringe rests so heavy against your little shoe tonight
Every step you took today is folded now and put away
You carried all your wandering home before the fading light
Let the small day close around you soft as fields of hay

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes, the lamp is low and nothing here will stir
The dark outside has settled down to nothing but a hush
So let the last of daylight go, you don't need to be sure

[Chorus]
Heidi, the night is holding you exactly where you are
Nothing comes to trouble you, no journey, and no far
You are the warmest thing this house has ever had to keep
Heidi, let it carry you down gently into sleep

[Verse 2]
Somewhere your shoes are waiting quiet by the door till morning
Nothing asks you to be ready, nothing asks you to be brave
The house breathes slow around you, settling without a warning
You are held here safer than a single candle in a cave

[Chorus]
Heidi, the night is holding you exactly where you are
Nothing comes to trouble you, no journey, and no far
You are the warmest thing this house has ever had to keep
Heidi, let it carry you down gently into sleep

[Bridge]
Rest the weight of everything you carried, let it lay
There's no clock to answer to before the break of day

[Chorus]
Heidi, the night is holding you exactly where you are
Nothing comes to trouble you, no journey, and no far
You are the warmest thing this house has ever had to keep
Heidi, let it carry you down gently into sleep

[Outro]
Somewhere your small shoes are waiting, heavy fringe gone still and slow
Sleep now, you are so loved here, more than you could ever know

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